What do you reckon is the single defining characteristic of an alcoholic?!


Question: What do you reckon is the single defining characteristic of an alcoholic!?
For me it's no preference for what kind of alcohol they drink!.
If you would willingly drink ANY type of booze then you are alcoholic in my book!.!. so your thoughts!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


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When alcohol has a negative or adverse affect on one's life is the defining characteristic of being an alcoholic!.!.!.!.(i!.e!. loss of job, relationships, etc!.!.!.)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I am in sales for a liquor, wine, and beer distributor and I need to be knowledgeable of all types of booze, and I am wiling to try them, also!. Does this make me an alcoholic!.!.!. I don't think so!. I think an alcoholic is one who abuses it, and lets alcohol interfere with ones life and others for the pure selfishness of it!. You don't have to be one that drinks many types of alcohol to be an alcoholic, you can abuse just one thing, even beer or wine, which are lower in alcohol!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think that if you are willing to try any alcohol that it may be that you like to experiment and see what is out there and what you would really like!. I know alcoholics personally and what makes them so is that they drink every day enough to become intoxicated!. You can look up textbook definitions, but that's just what I think!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

An alcoholic is someone who drinks for escape not just for the fun of it!. An alcoholic can also be someone who has dependency on alcohol (ex!. can't have fun without it, need it to calm down, etc!.)!.

Alcoholism manifests itself in needing alcohol so much so that they would be willing to drink any type of booze!. But that doesn't mean if you are interested in trying any type of booze you are an alcoholic!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Your definition is blatantly irrelevant!.

The defining characteristic is an inability to stop drinking despite negative personal and financial effects caused directly by drinking!.

It doesn't get simpler than that!. You end up without a job because you showed up drunk, you're an alcoholic!. Your wife divorces you because she thinks you drink too much, you're an alcoholic!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

one who can not stop at one drink !.
i disagree with your statement that suggests if you drink one beer you are an alcoholic !. yet if you drink one and cant stop then yes you may have a problem

single defining characteristic of an alcoholicWww@FoodAQ@Com

When da first fing dey do wen dey wake up is reach for a drink

THAT is an alky

Wen they rather spend der last £10 ov da week on a bottle ov vodka den food, even if dem or der kids r hungry is also 1 ov der characteristics

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Thanks for the PSA!. Mister all knowingWww@FoodAQ@Com

Do you have a bottle of tequila, I'll suck yo d**k!!Www@FoodAQ@Com





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