are all problem drinkers alcoholics?
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No.An alcoholic is someone addicted to alcohol, most people (80% by some estimates) who start having problems quit or learn to moderate."One recent study found that 80% of all alcoholics who recover for a year or more do so on their own, some after being unsuccessfully treated. When a group of these self-treated alcoholics was interviewed, 57% said they simply decided that alcohol was bad for them. Twenty-nine percent said health problems, frightening experiences, accidents, or blackouts persuaded them to quit. Others used such phrases as "Things were building up" or "I was sick and tired of it." Support from a husband or wife was important in sustaining the resolution."
Treatment of Drug Abuse and Addiction -- Part III, The Harvard Mental Health Letter, Volume 12, Number 4, October 1995.
Depends on what they like to do with it.
If they miss their mouth a lot (like Airplane, i'm staeling this 'comedy' part of my 'funny' response from airplane) then they aren't alcoholics, they're just funny.If they have a drink and explode then they're just weird.
If they can't stop drinking and generally dont have an 'earliest time to start drinking' because they're never sober, then they are an alcoholic!
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Probably, but not necessarily. Some people are allergic to alcohol, others just drink to excess and act stupid. Some really get addicted. It is a toxic poison and affects people differently at different levels due to varying body chemistry.
if you put those words together "problem and drinkers" you have your answer. any experiences i have had around people who drink there are always problems and for some people with a family of drinkers they seem almost destined to be alcoholics. i got lucky and stopped the cycle in my family by not drinking EVER. but it took many years of me watching my mom and grandpa drink to get drunk. very gross. i say to a lot of people "break the cycle of dependency in you own families and the rest of the world will follow" only takes one to start the ball rolling and i have done just that by staying away of what i know will hook me in. dunno if this helped you but i sure did help me to say it lmao. have a good one. =)
Drunk is just a common name for alcoholic.Any one who consistently gets drunk and is a "problem drinker" is an alcoholic. All hypoglycemics are not alcoholics, but " all alcoholics are hypoglycemics". Alcohol is the most concentrated processed sugar there is.
"Problems with alcohol" can range from a drunk driving arrest, to fighting with strangers in pubs, on over to having a spouse packing your suitcases, or waking up in a strange motel with a total stranger beside you in the bed. Stuff like that is a fair indication that you might be drinking alcoholically - i.e., drinking on beyond the fun and into the crazy zone. An alcoholic can't stop with one drink...an alcoholic does stuff behind booze that sober they would never do. Losing a job because you come back from lunch drunk...right. You can be a once a year crazy or an every weekend crazy or find yourself needing a shot or a beer first thing in the morning to "feel better". If big sections of your life are being adversely affected because of booze, if you drink when you really shouldn't [imagine a company dinner %26 making a big sloppy mess of yourself with the boss's spouse] and if you get really really angry with anyone who tries to "talk to you about your drinking"...you might be a member of the tribe. In the Alcoholics Anonymous website is a list of questions related to the above...check off how many 'Yes' answers you get. Getting ripped at big parties a few times a year...maybe not an alky. Hiding a bottle of whiskey from your spouse so you can get some relief and comfort without their ragging on you? Good possibility you are. Percentage-wise, that is. If your life is being harmed, changed, messed up, or out of control because of your drinking...and you continue to drink because you need to? Charter member!
I suggest you contact www.aa.org. They have lots of information on the disease of alcoholism. If a person has no control over the amount of alcohol they consume once they start drinking, he/she is probably an alcoholic.
My father was sucessful in business all his life, but not in my mother's marrige to him or his childrens lives because he was a "drinker" which equals an alcoholic.His parents and theirs before him were also ones who either drank daily or each weekend.and not beer.the good stuff in shots..the "old" classy way to drink. Or high class mixed drinks.All my siblings including myself drink alcohol mixed drinks or booze .. "over the rocks" for some. One out of six of us ended up as a severe alcoholic even though it seems she is sober most of the day because drinking a bottle on the rocks and starting a second bottle by mid noon time isn't "normal" ... this is an alcoholic and I'm sure "wasting" her vital organs.I have been in the same marriage with one man and we are raising the last of our six children. We also have two Grandchildren in the family with our oldest being married. My husband nor I have an alcohol "problem" because we don't drink on every weekend, or monthly. In the last three years we might have had six or seven "mixed drinks" each, together while out for dinner.Any one who has to control a problem HAS A PROBLEM ALREADY.Think of it this way..If I have a food problem then I have a weight problem..which means I have to "CONTROL SOMETHING". Someone who doesn't have "anything to control" doesn't have a problem and is most likely in line and on a healthy path to longer life with better quality.I am 48 with no known health problems to date. No drugs needed including high blood pressure meds. My family who drinks more then me is all in poor health and on expensive medications that cost hundreds per month. And just think, I'm not the youngest of my siblings. Failed jobs and marriages with their children making poor choices in life too.For you to ask this question ... yes the problem is already there. Just remember what seems like a great party now or how deep problems might seem to cause people to want to drink ... your health won't allow a high level of drinking to always continue and the drinker will pay too much for their past. I wish you luck
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