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Am I an alcoholic?
I feel I have to have at least 1 drink – even if it is a wine cooler – before going to bed at night or otherwise I can not sleep. And even if they drank that day. They almost never get drunk, but only I have this strong urge to get drunk so drunk that I do not care any more, but No one I know is interested in getting that drunk to me. I do not know why I feel this way. When I have an offer of alcohol, I feel satisfied. And I do not liquor or drink anything but beer, wine, wine coolers. And not even a full batch, but I would have at least 2-3 drinks. Is this alcoholism?
When I was 23, I made that exact question one night. Then I realized that a normal drinker would never think to ask itself a question and the answers to this question itself. But the thing is that back then, not even drinking "plenty." I was not drunk all the time, my life was not an accident and I did not drink every day. But obviously, deep down I knew there was something wrong with my thoughts of alcohol, as your question sounds like you realize something is not right. Because I really I thought there was not "that big of a problem" at the time, I was still drinking. And as an alcoholic will attest, is a progressive disease. Came to a point in my life became a ruin. So please please please …. I urge you to seek help as soon as possible. It's his way of thinking and not necessarily the way alcohol consumption is problematic. There are all kinds of alcoholic … there is no single solution for everyone. So do not think that just b / c they do not drink hard liquor (I either), or that you do not drink during the day (not me either), you're OK. You can only be prepared at this time, but it is still important that you seek help. B / C if you continue, you are going to ruin years of his life unnecessarily. They have to hit bottom, you do not have to reach a point where he is in despair, not have to have a million times embarrassing to seek help. Consider yourself lucky (and smart enough) that has had this idea from the start in his alcoholism so you can get help if it gets out of control (and believe me, it does). I'm not trying to scare them. I'm just telling you that this is the exact question I asked more than 15 years ago, when I should have sought help …. but instead, spent years of absolute horror at the hands of alcohol before I got help. I'm trying give you some tips so you do not have to go through what I did. I'm not saying you're a hopeless drunk (no such thing by the way) and need to check …. in the Betty Ford Center, but only tomorrow call the AA, talk to the person on the line, go to an AA meeting and just feel out. AA is free, people is super friendly and believe it or not, meetings are actually quite fun. So check it out. At least, it might clarify some issues for you and help you better understand your drinking. You can come to realize that we are NOT an alcoholic, after all …. but it's worth your time to answer this question for himself through more understanding of what alcoholism really is (and not) rather than rely on what people do not know you're saying in Yahoo. I wish you the best of luck.
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