If I only drink on a Friday and Saturday and have 5 bacardi and cokes on each night am I an alcholic.?

Answer 1

If the consequences of your drinking are negatively affecting your life you may have a problem with alcohol. Diagnosing alcoholism is very different from patient to patient. If you are drinking to avoid problems, consistently drinking to excess,or things like that you may want to be evaluated by a professional. But I would think that getting drunk every weekend for any length of time isn't a good habit and will probably lead to dependency at some point.

Answer 2

Probably not, since you only do it on the weekends (I assume in social situations, rather than sitting by yourself watching "Dancing With the Stars" on your Tivo). It is perhaps a bit much to drink in one sitting and then go do something requiring hand-eye coordination or a lot of mental power, and certainly too much to consider driving, but it won't kill you (in the short term; we won't talk about cirrhosis of the liver for the moment).

The question you should ask yourself is why you drink as much as you do when you do it. Is it because the rest of the group is drinking, so you join in? Do you feel like you "need" to drink? If you use alcohol to sort of anesthetize yourself because part of your life is stressful or difficult, you could be borderline alcoholic, but again, if you're only drinking on the weekends (when, presumably, your stress is lower because you're not at work), that probably isn't the reason. I'd say try going a few weeks without drinking -- volunteer to be the designated driver, for instance -- and see if you really miss the alcohol. If you find that you really do need it, you can either consider expanding your social circle to include people who don't drink as much, or seek some counseling to deal with whatever causes you to drink.

Answer 3

The question that really defines this is, "Do YOU think you're an alcoholic?".

The traditional definition has changed over the years. It used to be defined as someone who didn't know when to stop drinking, or someone who would drink to excess.

These days it depends upon your own impression of your drinking habits. Some more questions which can lead you to an answer... Do you hide your drinking from people? Do you drink only to get drunk? Do you often drink alone?

Answer 4

Assuming you are drinking singles, and that they are 25 ml shots of bacardi, you are having roughly 10 units per week. This is well inside the recommended maximum of 14 units per week for women (21 for men).

Also this level doesn't amount to binge drinking (half your weekly recommended total in one go).

As such I think you can safely say that you aren't an alcoholic. This would suggest dependance to alcohol which I doubt that you have.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

You are asking this question in the diabetes section, so I am assuming you have diabetes. Therefore alcohol is especially bad in that amount for a diabetic, it will cause you to have elevated blood sugar and lead to a whole host of other problems down the road.

Answer 6

Carry on drinking like this and you probably wont live long enough to find out.

You are drinking well over the units advised by the Medical services.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Yes, if you drink that much every weekend that is alcoholism. Try doing a weekend with out any alcohol and see what happens.

Answer 9

Not in my books no, perhaps a binge drinker or an alcohol abuser but not an alcoholic. This is only my view

Answer 10

there's a book you should read, John Barleycorn by Jack London.

Althoug, in my book, if you can go to bed while there are still a couple of unopened breezers in the fridge you are ok. hic