My mother drinks 2 bottles of wine a day. Is she an alcohlic?

Answer 1

1/ what time of the day does she drink?
a) only in the evening before bed? OR
b) throughout the whole day from morning till evening

2/ If she is still working, does she drink during work?
a) No
b) Yes

3/ Does she get drunk, say, talking nonsense, no response, etc.,?
a) no
b) yes

4/ Does she get addicted, say can she stop drinking for one day without losing her mind?
a) no
b) yes

5/ Does she cause any problem to the family, say financially and mentally?
a) no
b) yes

If the answers are all and mostly b) , the problem is serious and the whole family has to help her.
If the answers are all a), congratulations, she may not be a drunkard but watch out her health. Drinking too much is not good for her liver, especially if she is not very young, say over 50, does not exercise much, or is overweight. You need to talk to her on this.

Answer 2

Oh yes, I would say most definitely she is.

Years ago, I used to do that, and then some. Yes, I had a big problem, but it seemed to make it much easier to deal with before husband #2 came home from work each night!

I would drink the wine and was very happy...he was then very tolerable...and yes, I was very much an alcoholic for about 15 months until I hit bottom by taking 120 ativan with a bottle of wine (this was with husb #3, so yes...I had a very BIG problem...alcoholic and px drug addict)!

I'm happy to say, that because of that problem, which started with alcohol (to tolerate the husbands...hmmm, nice excuse) (started with a few glasses each night, then a bottle each night, then two, then the pills with the wine, then the purposeful overdose to end it all)...(which was extremely easy for some reason when you mix them all together after being prescribed Zoloft for 3 months for depression), I quickly checked myself into behavioral health for appx one month, learned to deal with the problems that were causing me to use alcohol and pills, and have not touched either since.

Now, this is scary, since I almost died (thank GOD I still had enough sense 45mins after taking all that to have someone drive me to the E/R to have my stomach pumped!) and you definitely don't want your mother to reach that point...I suggest you talk to her gently and try to find out why she might be drinking so much wine each night. I also suggest you try, gently, to get her some help through counseling, her physician, clergyman, trusted family member(s), yourself if you can, AA, or some means before this gets any more out of hand. Tell her how bad it can get through the effects of alcohol and let her know your concerns and worries.

By all means do not belittle, pressure, push, or talk down to her as this may push her away from getting any type of help and may make her resentful of you.

If you have other family members that can help, that have noticed this behavior, it may be helpful if they can talk to her as well, but don't let it look like you're ganging up on her.

Just know that it can be frustrating. Your mom may not feel she has a problem, and if she's not ready to get any help, all of the talking, begging and reasoning in the world may not do any good.

Be there for her and try what you can, just don't be discouraged if she's not ready for help the first time you approach the subject. It may take a few times to get her to realize what she's doing to herself and it may also take something not so good to get her to realize that she has a problem. That is the sad part of drinking/alcoholism.

Good luck to you and I hope this has helped somewhat.
Best regards.
J :)

Answer 3

By some definitions. Can she not drink it? Does she hide bottles, steal or lie in order to be able to get some wine? Could be she just has a high tolerance and really enjoys wine. If it isn't affecting her life or health negatively, I wouldn't worry too much.

Answer 4

The answer is yes. 1 or 2 glasses is normal anything more than that per day you can run into problems and are usually labeled an alcoholic.

Answer 5

i believe it's a glass a day not two whole bottles! yes i would say that your mom might be a little over the top on drinking

Answer 6

maybe..coz if i drink 1 bottle 1 get drunk already...but sometimes it depends on the person.coz if you are drinking everyday your dosage is also getting higher everyday. and if she's also drinking everyday that much i think that's not normal anymore..try to talk to your mom.

Answer 7

my mom is british. is she any smarter than the average american?..probably not. an alcoholic is someone like me.....who wakes up to a few drinks in the morning and gets considerably drunker during the daybecause they cant stop.man i hate typing drunks .

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

Wow! How does she not pass out after the 1st bottle! I know I would!

Answer 10

Yes.