Do i have a drinking problem?

Question

I go out every Tuesday to see my favorite local band lay so i know everyone there and i get so drunk until im super sick the next day when i know i have to go to work. Also i drink maybe a beer or two almost everyday except Wendesday because i have a all day hangover from tuesday. How do i stop this and how do i turn down a drink?

no kids thank God

Answer 1

Honestly, I never had a problem as big as yours, but I made myself sick a couple of times.

What makes it hard to turn down a drink is when you're already a bit drunk it seems OK to have another one. Decide in advance how many drinks you will have. For example, 3 drinks. You can count to 3 even if you're very drunk. So after the third one is finished, no more drinking.
Sip your drink slower, that way people don't offer you to refill.

Promise to yourself that 3 drinks will be the most you drink that evening. Better yet, promise it you your trusted friend. This promise is very clear: you either keep it or brake it. Vague promices like "i won't get drunk" are hard to keep. Promice yourself a reward for keeping the first promise.

Answer 2

I think that is such a silly question, but let me answer it with a strait face. I don't think you have a drinking problem, but you do have a problem with binge drinking. Your lucky because that's the most common type of Alcohol abuse. It means you don't drink often, but when you do you go all out. There are so many ways to say no to the bottle, but I would guess loosing your job would be a big sobering experience. How about you try this, drink a beer and then drink a glass of water, or take a shot, drink a glass of water. That way your system will be able to process all the Alcohol you are putting in it. Also the next morning you won't be puking your guts out. One side not, if you are blacking out, then I would cut back, that's your body's way of protecting you from dying, so if you black out often I would refuse those last few shots. I like to drink too, but I would rather be alive then dead. Hope this helps.

-Ty

Answer 3

You should look into getting some professional help, like going to AA for support, because you have a drinking problem if you can't stop yourself from drinking basically everyday. Going out every Tuesday and having a few drinks while listening to the band would be fine, but clearly you have no control over how much your drink, so you probably need to quit all together.

Answer 4

This sounds so corny but the first step is admiting the problem. Start by knowing your limit which it appears you keep testing each week. Go out with a friend that doesn't drink or who knows his or her limit. Listen sweetie, most people who have drinking problems do so because of other issues in their life. Seriously consider what issues or situations you are or have been avoiding. Address the issues or situations and you may find the desire to drink diminish. If you don't think that you can do it on your own then enlist the aid of support groups. AA provides great programs and sponsors that can help you get on the right track. You can visit alcohol dependency clinics to see the effects of alcoholism. And if all else fails, just remember when you stumble home that you aren't drunk, you just walk that way. Thanks Lil' Jesse!

Answer 5

Bring a friend that doesnt drink/someone you trust along with you to moniter how many drinks you have on that tuesday. This way you will have someone to support you and tell you "no!" after 2 or 3 drinks.
Also if there is a bar tender there tell them NOT go give you anymore drinks after a certain amount. If you are afraid of what friends might think then tell them you must use the restroom and secretly tell the bart tender
If you have beer in the house...simply dont buy it at the stores.

Answer 6

I say yes you do. The worst part is that alcoholism is a progressive disease so it only gets worse. You have to do something now. I'm not such a believer in the 12 step program but it may work for you. Possibly not going to see the band, changing some of your routine. Make a conscious effort to not spend money on, accept from friends, alcohol. When you have a hangover it is a form of alcohol poisoning. Think of what you are doing to your body. Did you know alcohol is considered a poison? Good luck.

Answer 7

Yeah, you need to slow down. I would say that you need to begin to wean yourself from drinking drink after drink. Now that you've asked, you can be aware of it. Approach the situation like this.... on Tuesday, tell yourself that instead of having 4 drinks tonight, I'm only going to drink 2... and so forth and so on. I don't think you have an addiction, but I think that you drink because you like it, which is okay, but you cannot be excessive with it. Did you know that if you drink everyday, and you get sick and have to be hospitalized, you're body will go through alchohol withdrawal if it hasn't had any alcohol after three days. Not that you'll be hospitalized for anything, but you might want to consider cutting back you intake, you don't want your body to become dependent on it. Be blessed.

Answer 8

If you have to have a drink to get over the hangover from the night before then yes you do have a problem. Before your liver shuts down or you get sugar diabeties get help. Find a local chapter of AA and go to a meeting. They are in the phone book. Good luck.

Answer 9

well i guess you can drink on tuesdays, but you should definetly try to quit. you really shoudn't drink almost everday. do you have kids? if you do then you really should stop. someone i know drinks almost every day and now, she can drink about 5 beers before she gets drunk. if you say that you get drunk by 2 beers, then you should limit it to at least 1. if your out with your friends and they offer you a drink, turn it down and think about your work. if you do have kids, then think about how your being a rolemodel to them. them seeing you drunk is going to affect them when they get older. so just take my advice. i know quitting is hard, but also think about your health.
hope you understand.

Answer 10

i will purely talk from my own own journey, yet eating conduct have truly replaced in this small Welsh village, the place i've got lived all of my existence. interior the previous 2 an prolonged time drunken fights are many times occurring and a brilliant form of individuals are apprehensive to pass out at nights, for concern of being attacked by skill of drunken gangs. I stay a short distance faraway from 2 pubs - that are located adjoining to one yet another - and the noise would be horrendous. Drunken purchasers in many situations stagger out onto the main street and a brilliant form of urinate as quickly as there - female and male alike. I rejoice with a drink and likewise used to ordinary the interior reach pub, yet i would not pass there now.