Okay, I drink a lot. I have a job where nobody cares as long as I stay productive, which I do. My friends and boyfriend don't seem to mind my drinking at all, I never act any less responsible because I'm used to the effects of alcohol well enough that I have learned to be in control. I don't have to drive and I don't have children.
I wake up in the morning and start drinking. I usually never go more than a couple hours without having some sort of alcoholic beverage, at least a beer but usually I drink vodka and scotch. I drink until I pass out every night, literally 365 days a year. I carry around a flask with me everywhere I go. I even have a special needle for injecting liquor into certain kinds of foods so I can get drunk just by eating some of my meals. When I am sober I can't really think straight and I feel dizzy and confused, but then I just drink more. I consider myself a happy person. Is this a problem then?
2007-01-02 13:48:49 · 15 answers · asked by xNancyxSpungenxJr 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
YOUR LIVER CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH
SO CUT BACK ON THE BOOZE
2007-01-02 13:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes ad infinitum yes! The very fact that you have to ask is evidence that it's a problem to you. If not, then why ask? Because you have friends and associates telling you that you are an alcoholic and it bothers you. That is one of the leading indicators that you are an alcoholic. The fact that it bothers you! Plus, think of what you are doing to your body. If something happened and you couldn't drink for a day you would have life threatening withdrawal symptoms. You are poisoning your body and your brain. Cells were designed to live in water, not alcohol, and you always have alcohol in your blood, saturating your brain. Alcohol is a poison as well as a drug. Also, since you are always under the influence of alcohol you don't have a sober prospective on the DISEASE do you? Be honest with yourself. Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive, incurable disease and is 100% fatal without treatment. Period! Get help. You need to be in a hospital detox program, then an en patient treatment program, then probably a half-way house, and defiantly AA. But you can't do AA until you at least detox (well you could go to AA drunk, they wouldn't kick you out, but it wouldn't do you any good) and if you do drink 365 days a year as you say, you can't stop on your own. Your past that option. Withdrawal would probably kill you. Go to a hospital, get detoxed and get into treatment and AA. That is, if you want to live. Please.
2007-01-02 14:15:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a problem...because your body has become so dependent on the alcohol it can't survive without it. You'd better hope you never have to have life saving surgery for anything because with your alcholism they would probably have to "dry you out" before they did the surgery and that alone would probably kill you because of your dependence. If they didn't sober you up first the anesthetic they would have to use would probably kill you as well because it would counteract with the alcohol in your bloodstream.
So lets say you get cancer that can't be taken care of by medication but you have to have surgery or else the illness will kill you. No matter what you do it will kill you...so how happy are you now?
2007-01-02 14:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you have it pretty bad Im afraid, I started drinking because I had nothing and no-one and so my only friend was getting blind drunk and forgetting about everything. Now I totally lost it, I would take beer to bed with me and then drink again from the moment I woke up, I couldnt function, I couldnt do anything except drink, and thats where all my money and time went, and I lost a lot of friends. Now you say you have a boyfriend? Why not try and cut down because of him? If he means a lot to you, then try and stay sober to be with him. The reason I started to not drink anymore is I met a girl I loved and I didnt want her to have to put up with a drunk, and I only wanted to make her happy.
Ask loved ones for help, or if that isnt what you want at all, then contact a support group or any other alcohol problem organization, and they will be happy to help.
Dont let it ruin you, I nearly destroyed my Liver over a few years and now I have a reason to be strong, so I dont want to drink anymore. Doesnt mean I dont have days where its so hard to not drink its crazy, but it CAN be done.
Wish you all the best.
2007-01-02 14:04:34 · answer #4 · answered by PleaseNoMoreNumbers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband is a sober alcoholic and he used it for social events to be more confident and also drank alone. He thought he was healthy at 170 lbs 6'3 but in reality people that drink are worse off than overweight people. Don't fool yourself alcoholics come in all shapes, sizes, drink choice, occupations....and it doesn't mean you are not an alcoholic because you just drink a couple glasses of wine each night!
2016-03-14 00:51:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to me sweetie u have a problem for 1 thing u need God in your life and if u don't he will take your life .Seriously I didn't think there was anything wrong with it until i almost died!! Everypart of my body swelled up and my heart was on the verge of blowing up litterally two of my valves started leaking in my heart and it was causing every organ in my body to shut down. I was within a couple of days dying until i had to have open heart surgery and that is the worst pain u can ever i mean ever in your life experiance and u DO NOT WANT THAT and i finally put the Lord in my life and it is more fun than alcohol just to be at peace with my Lord. And he is there for anyone who wants him. And He will make you happier than u r now. If u don't beleive me that's your prob but i really wish u would read what i have to say. GOD LOVES YOU AND THE ALCOHOL WANTS TO KILL YOU!!!!!!
2007-01-02 14:39:51 · answer #6 · answered by shabo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You said it yourself, "You are drinking because you need it,:" and not drinking "because you decided to, or wanted to." Textbook example of an alcoholic.
If i work all week and go out for a few hours Friday night, that is one thing, that is a choice I made of myself, sometimes I may choose not to go out and it is no big deal either way.
This is not you, your body has negative reactions(withdrawal)if you do not have a drink, to keep the alcohol level sustained.
You should be geting medical help, and remember alcohol may cause you to have sex with people you normally would not have, and one day you may end up with AIDS as a result of this. If you are working under the influence, you may injure someone at work, even if "You" think you are in control - you are not it is the alcohol that is in control. You think you have no effects of it but if you are human you are having effects, effects you can't see since you are looking from the inside out. You admit you are passing out, proves there are effects since you do not go from no effect to passing out, you build up to passing out by showing more and more signs of intoxication.
2007-01-02 14:07:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you know the answer to that question yourself
i had a grandpa who drank a lot
he didn't die but he was VERY sick(near to death)
he stopped drinking 5 years ago
he is VEry healthy now
he can run , jump , etc..
he is not a handicapped person
you are happy because of the drink
and that's not good
if this won't help you nothing will
2007-01-02 14:16:22 · answer #8 · answered by catherine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a problem.
2007-01-02 14:02:54 · answer #9 · answered by LindaLou 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! Seek help! you were okay til' that needle thing. That's a problem. I drink alot myself but till you I thought I had a problem, but your taking it to the limit.
2007-01-02 14:02:05 · answer #10 · answered by Zookeeper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahh yes it is, and good God you need help dear. You might be productive now, but as you get older, you will have many problems associated with this. Do you not care about yourself?
Your a fool if you think your happy. Its the alcohol that is making you think like that.
2007-01-02 13:54:31 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋