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Am I an alcoholic if I drink at the end of every day, and by drink I mean empty or almost empty a 750ml handle of bourbon every night (only a few breaks when I need to be sober) and chug pedialyte and emergen-C every morning.
I don't day drink, but I definitely drink till I pass out every or every other night. This girl I'm dating says it's too much and that she doesn't want to see me like that "all the time" (since I only ever see her after work when I can start drinking), basically said I should join AA lol.
Meanwhile my friends revere my tolerance, both them and my family loves me lightening up every party, even if I drink more than my fair share. I do take a break a couple days a week, and only smoke weed or nothing at all those days, just cause I've gone through a real period many years ago where not drinking gave me the shakes and cold sweats and I wanna avoid that again.
If I am, what do?
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>>18455516
Hmm.... i've been in a similar situation and I managed to throttle back to weekend drinking over a period of a few months.
I really needed to use willpower to just not purchase alcohol except on Friday and only 12 beers or a 26er. If I have alcohol I will drink it till its gone. So if I drink it all Friday night, thats it. No more going back to the store.
Try that, if it doesn't work, then just never buy it ever.
The sweats will go away, but that'll take time too. Exercise and lots of healthy eating will help with it, but mostly just time.
I also found I got very angry for awhile while being sober.... so just acknowledge it, accept it, and DON'T go buy any more.
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>>18455539
I don't have sweats anymore, that was a short period of time, maybe 6 months where I drank during the day as well and when I'd try to quit, I'd get sweats and shitty sleeps, couldn't read anything or even concentrate on TV either without alcohol.
I'm over that since it was like 3 years ago, that's the period I did consider myself an alcoholic. Now if I go on a trip etc. where I'm deprived of alcohol for days, I'm perfectly fine with no physiological response - which is why I can't take the idea seriously that now I should call it quits.
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>>18455516
Well if you're worried then i am too lmao my situation is similar. If im not working, im generally pretty fucked up. I dont finish a fifth almost every night, but they usually only last me about 4 days or less. My problem is i know why i drink so much and its because im trying to self medicate because i hate my life and id rather be drunk or high then sober and experience reality.
Be happy you have a woman in your life who's concerned about you, many of us only have ourselves.
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