so Thiems, DozerDan, his gal and I went to eat tonight and the first thing out Dannys gal is that every time shes sees me i gotta beer and danny called me an alcholic and looked like grady just nodded..but ive been called an alcholic alot here lately including my girlfriends dad which the whole family is alcoholics and i was just wondering whats the point of being an alcoholic..ill drink a few days out of the week I'll drink anywhere from 2-6 beers and then on the weekend i usually drink pretty heavily

 

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Did you answer YES four or more times? If so, you are probably in trouble with alcohol. Why do we say this? Because thousands of people in A.A. have said so for many years. They found out the truth about themselves ? the hard way.

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A.A. does not promise to solve your life's problems. But we can show you how we are learning to live without drinking "one day at a time." We stay away from that "first drink." If there is no first one, there cannot be a tenth one. And when we got rid of alcohol, we found that life became much more manageable.

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What I was told in college was that the clinical definition of alcoholic is someone who can not stop drinking once they have started. They can go weeks, months or even years without drinking but once they take the 1st sip, they drink till they are completely wasted or pass out. That was about 15 years ago and times change and what was considered acceptable then my not be now so the definition may have changed...

 

I don't think it is so much about how often you drink, but how much you drink at each occurrence and the effects it has on your life and others. I used to drink 1 or 2 beers almost everyday and I probably will again once I get back into the swing of making my own beer. However, I rarely drink enough to get drunk anymore. I guess I had enough of that in college. I just really like the taste of a good beer and I have a batch of Pale Ale in the fermenter now that I hope turns out good.

 

You aren't an alcoholic until you start going to the meetings.

 

clinically most of us are probably alcoholics.

 

Next time leave Danny's gal at home

 

Your a casual drinker?

 

no no dude...i called you a drunk alcoholics go to meetings
we wouldn't have ya any other way man...she was just messin with ya...**** everybody thats got a problem with you drinkin bottoms up bitch