Geez, if I had to drink all the beer in my house before going to bed....I'd be dead.
But if you get drunk just to get drunk, all the time, if you don't even want to but just feel like you have to in order to feel normal......
I have a few friends like this. I believe that yes this is a problem, but i feel that I have that same problem. I like to drink (Love it actually, mmmm different types, smell, taste, mouthfeel, Everything!). Not really pound beers one after the other every night, but i do have alcohol every day. Honesty i couldnt tell you the last time i have eaten dinner without a beer or glass of wine. It just became a habit over time.....
I think that is what "Alcoholism" is..... (a habit.. To many many S**tty days at work and people go home and start pounding. Have a bad month? Hey thats atleast 21 days so thats now a habit) and as Zuljin said, people get drunk to just get drunk... because of events (jobs as my example).
**Also, I would like to say +100 to Hammy71. First post i have ever wrote, Hammy71 help me decide what brewing kit to start with and answered all my questions about homebrewing Thanks man
I also have coffee every day, usually one pot before work and one or two cups during work. A couple of years ago I stayed in my Phoenix home only to wake up to no coffee. No physical effects like headache, etc. but it made me try to remember the last coffee free morning I'd had. I couldn't think back that far.
H-ost said:I think I found a good example of an alcoholic this weekend.
Having a BBQ with some friends, 2 of us are homebrewers.
(non Homebrewing) Friend: "would you drink beer if it didn't get you drunk?"
Everyone else: "yes"
Friend: "BS!! NO ONE likes the taste of beer, its just the best alcohol and the easiest to drink a lot of!"
The rubber-hits-the-road element of alcoholism (or any addiction) is if it negatively impacts your life. Does drinking (or any other addiction) negatively impact your relationships with your family or friends? Does it negatively impact your work (or ability to get and hold a job)? Does it negatively impact your health?
A member of my family is struggling with an addiction now and the answer for him to all of the three questions above is "yes". He doesn't see it, but I (and all of us who care for him) do.
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