Can you define an Alcoholic?!
One more thing.. We dont drink and drive.. We take turns being the DD every night.. We may be drunks but were not stupid.
Answers: My group of friends and I hit the bar 6 days out of the week. Last night, while at our favourite bar in San Diego, the bartender says "You guys are either really great customers or total alcoholics. Youre here everyday." We didnt think much of it and threw back our shots. Well, after leaving the bar and heading to grab a bite to eat we talked about it. We all had it in our heads that Alcoholism (if thats a word) is an addiction. Which we are all addicted to a point (within the group I mean). We dont drink at home (Unless its thursday or Saturday), We dont drink alone and we dont base our lives around the bottle. What do you guys think about it? What is an alcoholic to you? Do we seem like we could be?
One more thing.. We dont drink and drive.. We take turns being the DD every night.. We may be drunks but were not stupid.
"bookreader ohio" pretty much summed it up...
If you can't function without alcohol, you're an alcoholic. If alcohol is constantly getting you into trouble, you're probably an alcoholic.
You guys are fine... (and on behalf of everyone who DIDN'T die because you chose to have/be a D.D. thank you!!!)
I'm a drunk, Alcoholics go to meeting's....
You guys aren't alcoholics--alcoholics go to meetings. You're just good old boys that go to bars.
If you stop drinking for let say two days, and you the CRAVE some drink, you really should seek help... otherwise you are just a 'normal' drinker... whatever that is?
So you are drunk big deal leave no tip to the bar *ueer. I think when things and time goes on you will do something you like better.
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an alcoholic is a person who lives their life around alcohol. they cant funtion without that first drink and drink until they pass out. you guys dont fit the picture.
You don't sound like you are alcoholics to me. I always think of Ironweed or Barfly type characters, when I think of a true alcoholic. You know, someone who has to have a drink first thing in the morning just to face the day.
It is really smart of you guys to designate a driver.
I like to toss back a few, and when someone tries to say I'm an alcoholic, I deny it and tell them I'm a binge drinker!
Cheers!
i personally think an alcoholic is someone who wakes up in the morn and need a drink.
you guys just seem to enjoy eachothers company
please don't consider yourself an alcoholic because you like to have a drink with your friends once it's takes control of your life and all you do is think about alcohol then your past a drunk and maybe should check yourself into AA
Theres nothing wrong with enjoying a drink, even a little in excess....I've had "alcoholic" defined to me by two people: my father, who undoubtedly was one himself, and my ex m-i-l, who was married to one who died in a car crash (his fault, totally drunk) while she was four months pregnant.
My father said, he was an alcoholic when he felt the urging driving need to drink no matter what hour of the day, no matter the circumstances.
My ex mil described alcoholism as a willingness and desperation to be drunk no matter what the cost to your life, be it monetary, relationships, or your very life itself.
You dont sound like either. Take it in stride! Keep up with the DD's and party on! :)
You may not be alcoholics now, but you may wish to consider your lifestyle. Can you get along for one week without going to a bar? Are there other places you could hang out? If you can't give up the barhopping, then it's possible that one day you could end up dependent. It wasn't until I had a baby and felt very excluded in outings that I realised quite how dependent people are on going out drinking.
By the way, my dad, everybody's party guy, ended up an alcoholic and it lost him everything, his job, his house and his daughter. So it can happen, and it can sneak up on you.
There are many different facets to being an alcoholic. Some were mentioned others were not. You don't have to get drunk every night, or even every month to be an alcoholic. Like it was said previous, if you can't function without the drink, even if it is once a year, that could be considered alcoholism.
It is a depenency and the lack of ability to control it. One of the biggest signs, is denial, saying "I'm not an alcoholic, I don't need it" and yet can't function without it.
What you do, could be detrimental, while at least you are safe in having a DD, and just remember, some of you may be able to say you had enough, and want to end the routine, some of your friends might not.
My boyfriend is a chronic alcoholic. Alcoholism is a nightmare.
There was a time where I got very accustomed to having 2-3 beers after work. Then I stopped. I still had the urge out of habit to drink that, but I wasn't unstoppable. Despite the supposed genetic tendency in my family, I'm not an alcoholic.
My boyfriend doesn't face every morning needing a drink, but when he gets going, he's is pretty unstoppable. It's a crazed compulsion that doesn't care about the time of day. He also doesn't handle booze like ordinary people. The average person drinks too much and gets sick as a dog; He doesn't and I don't think it's just built up tolerance.. I'm inclined to think that there is an actual genetic/physical tendency in alcoholism.
There's many ways to look at alcoholism. If drinking is ruining a person's life, they could be viewed as an alcoholic. Then again, maybe they are just going thru a phase of depression, etc, and alcohol is what's available to them so they abuse it.
I don't think there's a problem necessarily w/habitual drinking unless it can't be controlled and starts ruining a person's life.
You people don't sound like alcoholics.
they r obsessed with alcohol and can't stop thinking about it and spend more time at a dark shady bar than the bright green outdoors
nope your not alcoholics.. if ppl ask me if i'am a alcoholic i just tell them "nope i'm a college student". since you seem like your out of college i would tell ppl that alcoholics go to meetings...
A person who is dependent on alcohol, and relies on it everyday to as a way to take a vacation from life and it's problems or stress(es).
i suggest you read "under the influence"by Scott Russell-Sanders..he is the son of an alcoholic and did a great job depicting what he saw as a child growing up with an alcoholic parent.
My Friend Mousey Ramer, Hasn't been sober since 1923. he had to spend the night in the hospital and the doctor was so afraid that being sober would be dangerous that he prescribed 150ml of grain alcohol diluted with apple juice. That would fit any ones definition of alcoholic.