Are you an alcoholic?
 

well?

No, I'm a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings.

what's you definition of an alcoholic?

With out a doubt. i come from a long line of championship drinkers.

you need a dog S.R. im telling you if you dont have one get one. Its nice to come home and have someone who is ALWAYS happy to see you. Even if you live in a condo you can get a small dog and crate/ small inside run.

I once had a dog who was an alpoholic. It was sad to see.

I don't think I am.

I never drink at home, unless someone brings something over.
I drink one week night and one weekend night per week. Add Sunday during football season.

My problem is that if I get to bullshitting I keep drinking. No stopping at one or two for me.

I have never had a drink of alcohol, I have a few friends who are very raging alcoholics. My brother used to be a very heavy vodka drinker, he drank for the sole purpose to get drunk and forget his woes. I cant understand what you're going through, but I can sympathize, and I wish you the best, you seem like a really cool dude.

Definitely not. I drink, socially and rarely more than a buzz anymore. I end up drunk maybe one per year.

Have you started meetings SR? I know that you were considering it the other day.

"No.






...but I played one on TV."

Had your poll options included, the "I drink, but only once or twice a month", I would have voted.

Why does the poll have 2 of every question ........

I come from a family of alcoholics. I don't allow myself to drink whiskey away from home, as I have difficulty controlling myself.

I think the answer about if you're an alcoholic is how much money do you get a week recycling all your bottles and cans!

No. I never drink unless I'm by myself or with somebody.

No. I do not drink at all.

No. I love, love, love beer but I never drink to get intoxicated. I haven't been drunk since, geez, high school and I've been moderately tipsy maybe twice this year so far.

I'm sure that many things would be possible if I were drunk. I personally don't like the effects of alcohol; I hate not being in complete control of my mental faculties.

I like to beer. I like liquor. I like to get drunk. Some times I drink during the day, sometimes at night. Alone with my Xbox 360 or with my friends are great times to drink. Sometimes I drink 3 beers, sometimes I drink 10 beers. But....... I always make sure I am not in a situation that drinking will negatively effect my life. And, I quit drinking for four months just to make sure I wasn't just a drunk telling lies to myself. So the answer to the original question..... clinically, probably. In reality... nah not really.

Am I a "clinical" alcoholic?

Yes. I have a few drinks nearly every day.

Am I an alcoholic?

No.

Alcohol has NEVER gotten in the way of a relationship or a job. I've never called in sick due to a hangover. My personality doesn't change when I drink. It's never been a determining factor in anything I do.

I just like to have a few beers, cocktails, whatever, around 10:00pm each night. It's my reward for making it through the day, scathed or unscathed.

PS - I have never once in my life thrown up from drinking alcohol.

Absolutely.

It's happened far too many times than I'd like to admit.

i haven't had a drink in over a year.
before that, i closed down a bar and had the remaining inventory all to myself. I drank quite frequently obscene amounts for a few years, but even then, i wouldn't say i was an alcoholic

that is the way I view it as. Does it impact your life negatively.

I'm a rageoholic. Don't call me "pinhead". That makes Pioli Zombie so mad!!!!!!!!
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I have one 40 before bed, and drink during Chiefs games and Draft Day to kill the inevitable, forthcoming disappointment and pain.

We will be able to watch a Chiefs game with yelling "mother****er" at the tv set.

We will see how our following the Chiefs too intensely has hurt ourselves and others.

We will not regret the past....40 years or wish to draft that kid from Texas.


Are these extravagant promises. We think not.
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I've started to drink every weekend.

I guess that means yes, I am.

Back in1992 I puked my guts out after 12-15 Bud Drys. I don't drink at all now...

Bud Dry. /shudder

I've seen alcoholism. It is an addiction and a disease. Doesn't sound like something you have.




















YET

My days and bar tending almost killed my drinking. Seeing people like that...meh. I don't need that in my life.

I enjoy a few every now and then...get drunk maybe once a month.

Thats just not my life anymore.

Oooch.

Bud Dry.

I'd rather get mugged than drink Bud Dry.

Dry heaves?

Do I sit at home and get hammered? - No

When I go out to bars and clubs do I like to get shots and get hammered - Of course. Though I am starting to grow out of that phase. Never thought I would, but I can tell I kinda am.

Partially because of my job. Used to go out all the time during the weekdays. But waking up at 7am feeling like shit kinda cured me of that habbit. Used to party hard til 4am all the time. Now I get exhausted around 130 or so......depending on what's going on, and thats on the weekends.


So I dont know where that would put me at.

I drink a lot on the weekends only. I don't drink at all during the work week. I love beer. It doesn't affect my job or family. If that makes me a lush, then that's fine. if not, then all the better. I guess, in all seriousness, it makes me a binge drinker. There, self diagnosis.

I'm similar to ziggisocki and Dane. I'm a fairly heavy drinker, with low dependencey and no spillover into the rest of my life. I enjoy drinking and think of it as a reward for when my day's work is finished. I drink mostly at home, spread it out over several hours, never get "hammered" and can control it.

That said, I decided on the morning of July 13 that I've been drinking too much. Mostly worried about irreversible health effects like liver and CNS damage. I decided on that day that I was going to limit myself to 1000 drinks per year, distributed however I want. That is almost 3 drinks a day, which would be a significant drop in consumption for me -- like I said, I've been drinking too much. That flexibility of having a large number of drinks to manage over a long period of time was important to me so that I never feel like I couldn't have a drink if I want it. Limiting myself to 3 drinks a day or 20 drinks per week was not appealing. But 1000 drinks in 1 year seemed like it would allow me to have freedom, while still helping me to significantly drop my consumption.

Beginning on July 13, I've been religiously measuring every drink with a shot glass and recording them on a spreadsheet. This ritual keeps me focused on my goal since I am a quantitative person. I've had 34 drinks in the last 18 days, which puts me on a pace for about 700 for the year. On my highest day I had 6 and on several days I've had none, and haven't felt deprived. I have a column that shows me how many drinks I can have today while staying on pace for my 1000 for the year. Today I can have 18 drinks and still be on pace. I won't drink anywhere near that many, but I like to watch that column grow. Actually, I want to have a decent bank built up for holidays, vacation and the like. Maybe by the end of the year I will have only drank 586 drinks or something. That's fine if that's what happens. But that is not the goal. The goal is 1000.

The donks new QB is.

Smart. as are you, kind sir, as are you.

There wasn't a day that went by that I didn't consume close to a half rack.

The simple fact I was/am an alcoholic is why I'm in this wheelchair. Now it's once or twice a year when we go up to Seattle for car shows & spend the night. But it's only drinking for that small buzz, not to get plastered.

So yes...

I thought I was an alchoholic until I read this thread.

Forgive me for asking, how did drinking put you in your wheelchair?

Interesting. Though when I drank it was in excess & often times I didn't remember the next day how many I had.

What a coincidence. Their old one was too.

That's bad luck dude. I'm sorry to hear it.

I can relate, I had to help my dog to keep him from falling off the chuckwagon.

I only drink to get drunk-which is not that often-but once the Jeanie is out of the bottle-I usually drink my weight.

No bigge. I was highly intoxicated when we all went out on the sand dunes that fateful Thanksgiving day of '03. One buddy sprayed me with sand embarrassing me in front of my other friends so I chased after him to get him back. He went over a widow's peak with me right behind him. He crashed and my Banshee clipped his rear tire yanking my handlebars out of my hands so I landed face first on the bike breaking my spine shoving a piece of it into my spinal column.

It wasn't the ATV, my buddy or anyone else's fault except mine. I mentioned before we went out that I thought I had too much. But there's that crazy thing called peer pressure.

In the hospital they didn't think I could stop drinking & wanted me to go in for help. I suppose it's easy for folks that have the use of their legs to think that. For me it was a no brainer.

That's a HUGE bummer. I'm very sorry.

Damn.

That happens to some people, and they wither up and die. They just give up, and it's over. I don't blame them one oz. for it either, because I couldn't possibly begin to imagine what that life would be like.

But I don't get the impression that is the road you're on. And I commend you for it. Life is what it is, and it's usually not fair. Your perspective of it is the only thing that can/will get you through. You've got that going for you, and frankly sir, you're probably better off for it. And probably better off than a lot of folks walking around right now, feeling sorry for themself. I commend you.

I would. But I smoke pot daily, so there's no judgment in that. Not that I'm sure there would be if I didn't smoke weed everyday. We all have to live our lives the best we can, and feel happy about it at the end of the day. I generally think people who get ****ed up every day hate their jobs, their families, or both. All I'm sayin is I love my family.

You get 7", huh?

Yes, but functional.

I have way too much 3rd party experience with alcohol to be able to indulge in it regularly. I picked my poison and went a different direction.

I think, if I were to get hooked on anything, it would be prescription meds such as hydrocodone and such. Or phentermine.

Got to where my mind was too active to sleep without wasted hours of tossing and turning, so it's a juice glass of 80 proof and right off to bed.
In a way I'm depending on it, to shut down the brain so I can get to sleep with ease. But I'm not messing with Ambien or shit like that.
Other than dip during the day and 1-3 smokes to go with the nightcap, no other intoxicants of any type. Never tried any.
Also, haven't had a beer in what must be well over a year.

I'd have to learn how to inhale.

I used to drink a lot. I don't now. Maybe a beer or two every few weeks. Maybe every few months a binge that might or might not result in room spinning and porcelain prayer. So, no, I don't think I'm an alcoholic.

Very easy to do, especially when they switch you to Oxycontin, or MS, that shit is very hard to kick. And yea I know, I was addicted to that shit for over 5 years after messing up my back.

I am hooked on RUSH since 1980-best drug in the world!!




the band Rush-not paint thinner btw

You can choose a steady guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice!

Uhhhhh Yea they did. I blame it for failing Language Arts in the 10th grade :doh!:

I think I can answer this question with two words: I'm Irish.

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You are gonna be shithammered for the entire month of December! ROFL ... but seriously, cool plan.

ROFL

A friend of Bill W's for over 12 years and counting.
I was a heavy drinker that sometimes got out of control.
My previous occupation demanded that I maintain a illusion of being someone who I was not. I was paid for doing drugs and alcohol to maintain that illusion. When you're in that situation it's fairly easy to slide into the deep end. Only problem was it stayed with me longer than the assignments lasted. Got help, quit drinking, finally retired after 20.
As they say, everything happens for a reason.

It was a amnesic pathway to ruin.

Not even close. :shake:

Doubtful. I hardly ever go past a heavy buzz. But if I decide to celebrate the holidays and have 6 drinks a day for a couple of weeks, I want to make sure I've got them in the bank. We are also planning to go to Cancun in June, near the end of my drinking year. I don't want to be running short then either. Or come back from vacation and have to go stone sober for a month. I can do that (and will if needed to meet my goal) but don't want to. So I'm pacing myself.

Liberal emotional idealism ain't my style. :shake:

I'm too focked up on Crown royal to answer at the moment,I'll try tomorrow before I start drinking

Uhhh...we'll just go ahead and mark you down in the "yes" column. :)

You have about 5 minutes in the morning. Right after you take a shit and before you pour beer on your cornflakes. :D

I guess I'm not, who'da thunk...