am i an alcoholic???

[caligirl]

You def need some intervention,lol.

hey cutie!

 

[Creepusmaximus]

i just drank an entire bottle of pinot grigio (yes i know its ) and im barely buzzed...pretty sad.

Cheap Pino Grigio has a pretty low alchol content. Check the bottle. A good Cab is 14%, bet what your drinking is more like 7-8%.

 

[txbondsman]

Some alcoholics are highly functioning alcoholics. They are able to keep their shit together despite their compulsion to drink. Therefore, I don't really think that it serves someone well to think that unless they have problems with the law, family, or home that they can't be an alcoholic. My dad was an alcoholic for 20 years and has been recovered for about 20 years now. He kept his finances in order, house spotless, never missed a day of work, and never got in trouble with the law. However, once he started drinking he couldn't quit. It was slowly killing him.

you will never find that I am argumentative on this subject, unless someones oppinions are giong to hurt someone, I will reserve that right, but your oppinions are just as valid as mine in this type of discussion. period. and I thank you for joining the conversation and giving your side, you can never know what someone might see or understand and it may save them a life of trajedy, I've seen the exact same things said in groups and one is clear to some people and other other is mud, you always say what is on your mind, always.

our definition of alcoholic is VERY wide and doesn't discriminate "types". You do have people who are highly functioning, we all know people who seem to escape the normal pitfalls. I was wondering if you or your family ever got mad at your dad and at some point told him to "quit drinking or else", probably over health issues, that would have come under the "family" that I was talking about, your so right though, there are so many facets to alcoholism, but as a person who volunteered at a rehab for several years holdng classes, meetings, etc, if the person tried to quit drinking, and the compulsion was something that was more than he could deal with and drinking started again, that is the single most determining factor, not what or how much alcohol.

I'm a "hunt and peck" typist, so some of my posts are fairly short, as such will not say all that i may say on a particuliar subject, that is somewhat the case here...

 

[heatherrae]

you will never find that I am argumentative on this subject, unless someones oppinions are giong to hurt someone, I will reserve that right, but your oppinions are just as valid as mine in this type of discussion. period. and I thank you for joining the conversation and giving your side, you can never know what someone might see or understand and it may save them a life of trajedy, I've seen the exact same things said in groups and one is clear to some people and other other is mud, you always say what is on your mind, always.

our definition of alcoholic is VERY wide and doesn't discriminate "types". You do have people who are highly functioning, we all know people who seem to escape the normal pitfalls. I was wondering if you or your family ever got mad at your dad and at some point told him to "quit drinking or else", probably over health issues, that would have come under the "family" that I was talking about, your so right though, there are so many facets to alcoholism, but as a person who volunteered at a rehab for several years holdng classes, meetings, etc, if the person tried to quit drinking, and the compulsion was something that was more than he could deal with and drinking started again, that is the single most determining factor, not what or how much alcohol.

I'm a "hunt and peck" typist, so some of my posts are fairly short, as such will not say all that i may say on a particuliar subject, that is somewhat the case here...

Yes, I appreciate your opinions on it too. My dad just used to get very embarassing. He was one of those happy drunks who would try to dance with everyone and generally fall all over the place, whooping it up. I'm not sure what made him decide to quit, but one day he just started going to AA and quit cold turkey. He said quitting smoking was far harder for him. He used to smoke 4 packs a day. I would have to come and pluck a cigarette out of his mouth almost daily after he had fallen asleep while smoking. He has quit that too for almost 20 years or so.

 

[sardonicone]

It's my life goal to one day be a total drunk vagrant sleeping underneath an overpass.

 

[heatherrae]

It's my life goal to one day be a total drunk vagrant sleeping underneath an overpass.

Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?


Carpe Mad Dog!

 

[sardonicone]

Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?


Carpe Mad Dog!

Or Old English, for that matter.

Hows my favorite babymaker on the boards doing?

 

[txbondsman]

It's my life goal to one day be a total drunk vagrant sleeping underneath an overpass.

that's funny, the homeless vagrant was probably wanting to be someone with the ability to be warm in his own home and type shit in the computer, so there is probably hope for you!

 

[heatherrae]

Or Old English, for that matter.

Hows my favorite babymaker on the boards doing?

I made a spinal cord today. What did you do? lol.

 

[sardonicone]

I made a spinal cord today. What did you do? lol.

Show off. I had to entertain 3 girls last night. The joy.