Is It Hard To Give Up Alcohol??

Question

I'm not an alcoholic, I only drink on a Fri and Sat nights. However Its become a really bad habit more than anything. I've been doing it for about 10 years and in all honesty haven't had 1 weekend in that period where I haven't had a drink.

Answer 1

yeah mate it's not easy...it really depends on the person tho, all addictions are hard to give up..Istarted off just weekends then it was going for a drink in the week days, I'd say to myself 'right thats it I'm not drinking anymore!' till the next weekend! I stopped drinking for 10 & half months, I must say that not having a drink for 10&half months I felt brill! its what goes with the drink too..night life..the atmosphere 'the girls : ) stuff like that, you do have some proper good times,I
when your young it's all good! depending what your like when your drunk & how it effects others..You've gotta find other ways to spend your time..& maybe a hobby..or you might wanna save up for something, you need a goal really to re[lace the weekend binges..try it!, if you do struggle then you can also see how you get on in the meetings (aa) Oh & an alcoholic can be someone who only drinks once a week! truth! I use to think an Alcoholic was someone who drank first thing in the morning.
Good Luck! you might find it not so differcult??

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Answer 2

having two or three drinks per day is better health wise than having 21 drinks over the week-end. Alcoholism is not defined by how often you drink but by the inability to control when you do it! Binge drinking can be a form of alcoholism and I know that personally as I had the diagnosis in my mid twenties along with a serious health scare! I stopped completely and didn't find it hard, I stayed in a few week-ends and didn't have alcohol in the house at first.
If on the week-end you get drunk or have a hang-over next day it's your bodies way of telling you that you're hurting it.
You don't have to give up entirely (though at first it will help to break the habit) try cutting down drastically and alternate your drinks! Beer or spirits followed by coke or fruit juice.
The hardest thing you may face is friends! I've had people try to get me to drink! I realised though that they are just as bad as I'd be if I smoked around them! What they do to their own bodies is OK but I don't need or want to do it to mine!
Good luck and stay healthy!

Answer 3

Cutting it right down is better than giving it up all together - 1 or 2 units a day with food isn't really a problem.

I think that I am lucky that I am unable to drink a lot of alcohol, and can go months without a drink.


(eg: after about 2 pints I cannot bring myself drink anymore alcohol - I just completely lose the desire to consume it - the same with spirits and wines - I like Famous Grouse, Jack Daniels, many others... I just can't drink more than 1 or 2 shots or glasses of the stuff)

Answer 4

If you only drink 2 nights of the week, what are you worrying about? If you drink an enormous quantity of alcohol on those 2 nights, then perhaps you should worry. If this is the case, rather than trying to give up altogether, just cut down.

Answer 5

I was not an alcoholic i enjoyed a good drink at week ends,then through illness i had to take tablets,the doctor told me that my liver could not cope with the pills and alcohol,so i gave up drink, i thought it would be hard but in fact it was easy as i now enjoy my nights out as i can remember them,and the real bonus is less pills as gone are the hang overs.

Answer 6

Yes it is hard to give up alchohol like these guys have been saying but to tell the truth I don't see why you should worry about it. If your only drinking on weekends and don't get drunk then I doubt your an alchoholic. If your realy worried about whether you are and alchoholic then set aside the booze for a month. If you go the entire month without drinking then you definetly have the willpower to stop and are not an alchoholic.

And for anyone else that reads this. If your drinking every night of the week and/or getting drunk frequently then don't try proving your not an alchoholic. Your probably are one.

Answer 7

You can be a weekend alcoholic and sounds like you are the only way to quit is to really want to and to change your life style to do so thats one of the reasons its so hard. I also was a weekend alcoolic wich turned into a full time alcoholic but I did it to the extremes black outs dwi's and almost prison time till I just knew I was gonna die if I didn't quit as it killed many of my freinds in their early 30's by serousous of the liver we used to drink alot and some did till the very end.

Answer 8

According to AA, even if you do not drink everyday, you can still be an alcoholic. If you truly want to quit, then you must abstain from drinking. Try it for one weekend. It is difficult, especially if it is a habit you have been doing for 10 years. If you cannot do this, then you should consider getting help from a professional.

Answer 9

No it isn't that difficult if you want to give up. I gave up for nearly five years, like you it'd had become a bad habit and I kept thinking that I had to have a drink to enjoy myself.

I decided to give up for a month after Christmas, I think I lasted two weeks on my first attempt, so I tried again did a month and then just kept on going telling myself I'd have a drink when I felt ready for another.

I had my first drink for nearly five years on Christmas day and got properly drunk for the first time last week. After that I feel like going another five years.

It all depends on your frame of mind, if you really want to do something I think it's quite easy to make it happen.

Answer 10

If you would genuinely find it hard not to drink at the weekend then you are partially dependent on alcohol which is how alcoholism starts.

You should try to drink maybe once a fortnight perhaps, and gradually try to stop.