I usually go out once every two weeks or once every week. so I have an average of about 0.75 drinking episodes per week. But I binge I drink about seven to ten beers per drinking episode. The first three beers makes social interactions more fluid the rest I use to maintain the state. if I wanna to get crazy drunk I just chug seven in about forty-five minutes and that does it. I got better grades this semester than last semester, when I wasn't drinking.Should I be classified as an alcoholic?
2007-12-26 13:39:51 · 20 answers · asked by timby 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
use this format 1 2 3
1 drink a day
2 drinks an hour
no more then 3 drinks a day
Can you predict when you can stop drinking?
Do you drink by yourself?
Have you ever had a Black out?
Have you ever missed work/school due to drinking?
Do you wake up in the morning drinking to cure a hangover?
Does your family have a history of alcholism?
If you have answered yes , you are your way cut back before you have to be in recovery .
2007-12-26 14:22:58 · answer #1 · answered by Brandon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... I suspect a chemical dependency evaluation would reveal you are likely chemical dependent to alcohol in an intermitent pattern. I was where you are when I was an undergrad and in grad school. I have been sober for 8 years.
The way you wrote this tells me a lot. First, you are attempting to minimize your binging episode by "converting" your using episodes to "0.75 episodes per week". Minimizing is one of the signs of a "problem"
Second, you are "drinking for effect". That is you are drinking to maintain a certain "state". Alcoholics and drug users "know" what they want to feel, how to get there with alcohol or drugs, and how to maintain it. That's why they call alcohol and drugs "mood altering". You are manipulating your moods via alcohol.
You are also having some consequences ... i.e. poor grades. Probably have other consequences you haven't thought of but that will come out during a chemical dependency evaluation.
Get help fast.... Congrats on recognizing you have a problem and being upfront to describe it so well.
2007-12-26 21:52:01 · answer #2 · answered by Meg 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds to me like you may have a problem- mainly because you are already questioning it yourself,,,,,,,,you dont have to drink everyday to be an alcoholic,but if you are finding you need to drink excessivlely to feel good- it may indicate the start of a bigger problem,,,,,,,I am speaking from experience. I am a recovering alcoholic.. I used to drink like you do- then over time it turned into every day. pretty soon, my life was unmanageable. Its a long road to recovery , but not if you address the issue sooner rather than later. Good luck. Jo
2007-12-26 21:48:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are asking the question, than you have a problem. You should really consider a change in lifestyle soon, before you can't change. Make a conscious effort to not drink. If you can not, get help.
Good Luck!
Tanya
2007-12-26 21:48:58 · answer #4 · answered by Tanya O 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sound more like binge drinking. Read the book Smashed. And you will see what binge drinking can lead to.
2007-12-26 21:53:00 · answer #5 · answered by Ernie 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes you are. You have a different type of alchoholism than someone who drinks daily, but you binge drink often which can be just as bad.
2007-12-26 21:44:12 · answer #6 · answered by mrscrystikal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, not yet...but you have to cut down to about 2 and maybe one extra if you eat something before 3rd. After 3, that's it. Otherwise, you're going to get alcohol poisoning as well as become a bona-fide alcoholic.
2007-12-26 21:52:40 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you are. When college is over, you will then depend on alcohol when your wife get on your nerves and the kids are screaming in your ear. Better stop while you are ahead.
2007-12-26 21:44:28 · answer #8 · answered by LineQ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its called binge drinking
2007-12-26 21:47:33 · answer #9 · answered by amanda 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
wow...I gotta hang out with you! youre probably just a drunk...I drink about the same amount...whether it be beer, wine, or mixed drinks....
2007-12-26 21:44:45 · answer #10 · answered by thejoker8301 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋