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javeryh:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on September 10, 2010, 04:59:54 pm ---Maybe twice a year, but when I drink I generally keep drinking until I get drunk (the only fun way to drink IMO).

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Same here.  I run a LOT in the mornings so I rarely drink because it kills the motivation to get out of bed.  I drink a few times a year - New Year's and then maybe one or two other times for a special occasion.  I used to drink a lot more whn I was younger but it has lost its appeal.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on September 11, 2010, 08:36:09 am ---
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on September 10, 2010, 09:24:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: newman117 on September 10, 2010, 04:16:48 pm ---I'm constantly drinking a lot just to get a buzz

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First step is acknowledging...

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... that if you have to drink a lot just to get a buzz then you should be drinking something else.

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Gorotsuki:
I don't drink.
There's a lot of addictive tendencies
in my family, so it's best not to tempt fate.

Silas (son of Silas):
@newman117, what was your reason for posting this question? Your comment "I'm constantly drinking a lot just to get a buzz" either hints at you having a drink problem, being on your way to having a drink problem or wondering if you have a drink problem.

Your follow up statement "Hahaha Doh! Relax, I don't do it everyday and if I drink, I do it just to get the "buzz" effect. I know people that drink until they throw up their livers... yep pretty crazy." hints at minimizing or defending your earlier statement based on the rather predictable reactions that you have received.

Ultimately, regardless of how much you drink or how much others perceive you are drinking, if you think you are drinking too much or too often (even if it's one beer a week or 12 beers a day) then cut down or stop. Most alcoholics minimize their drinking. Until they admit that they drink too much, no one's comments on an Internet forum is going to make the slightest difference.

If your drinking isn't an issue at all or you are not having even the slightest niggle about the volume or frequency that you drink, then I wonder why you made your initial post. If the answer is "just curious" I would ask why were you curious if you weren't concerned about your own drinking habits?

My father is an alcoholic (dry for over 20 years now  :applaud:) and so are so many people I have worked with. Very few of them ever acknowledge that their drinking is an issue, as unfortunately the media portrays alcoholics as bums who slur their words and beat their partners. The reality is (as was the case with my father) the majority of alcoholics in society are functioning alcoholic

I have a friend who is a functioning alcoholic. Recently he has started to ask the same questions you have raised. Usually they are followed up a few weeks later with statements like "I think I am going to have a break from the beer. I'm going to go a month without a drink" and every Monday without fail he comes into work having had a drink or three over the weekend. He always has an excuse like "the big game was on TV" or "My girlfriends dad came for dinner and we had some wine" or "I only had a couple, what's wrong with chilling out with a couple of beers?"

The interesting point with him is that I never raise the subject of his drinking with him, he does. When I point out that it was HIS idea to go a few weeks without a drink, he gets defensive when he is unable to achieve this.

WhereEaglesDare:
Let me ask this, if your drinking isnt causing any problems, (late for work, changes in social behavior, changes in hygiene, etc), even if it's a 12 pack a day then do you have a drinking "problem"?  Also, if it does, then how does it differ from people with Nicotine "Problems" and Lottery "Problems"?

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