Why do alcoholics hide beer cans?!
Answers: my father is a alcoholic we know he drinks but why dose he hide his beer cans in cabinates and drawers if he knows that we know he drinks why dose he do it? Plaease be serious and no funny anwers help!
to hide the amount...it isn't just from you, but from himself...denial is a big part of being an active alcoholic...seeing the amount of cans is a direct confrontation as to how much someone is drinking.
He might have felt shy of his act.
He thinks you won't know about it. My grandma does the same thing with cigarettes. She has smoked pretty much since she was a teenager, she's 84. She has always hid her cigarettes. I caught her one time and she told me not to tell anyone. It was the first and only time she has ever been mean to me. She was livid that I caught her. I also had a great-aunt, her sister, that was a closet drinker. She carried liquor around in her purse and would go to the bathroom to drink. They don't want anyone to see them doing something that so many consider wrong.
Firstly I am sorry that you have to live with an alcoholic dad, I do hope that you have considered going to AA for family members, even if your dad does not go to AA it can be very helpful for you to go. If only to help you understand the addict and how you can cope with your feelings about it as well.
Now as to hiding the beer cans, if you can't see it.....it is not a problem. Out of sight out of everyone else's minds.
He is trying to maintain in his mind his dignity, in that if he hides the empty cans you won't think he is drinking as much.
I wish you the best on this journey, it's not an easy road to travel.
He probably doesn't realize that you understand how much he drinks. He hides it because he's ashamed of how much he drinks. He's also keeping a stash of booze hidden away for safe keeping.
There's really not anything you can do about it. He's addicted to alcohol. If there's an alanon (or alateen) program in your school or neighborhood you can contact them.
They can't fix your dad. They can help you learn to live with an alcoholic.
I am sure that he does it because he is ashamed of how much he drinks, especially if he has felt pressure to cut back or stop drinking.