DesertDawg

WOW -- This hits home. I shudder when I think of the sheer quantities of alcohol I would drink in one sitting.
Toward the end, the amount of booze it took to get me really drunk would probably be enough to put a horse into a coma.
On the few occasions that I would even bother with mixers, a vodka-cran would be, to paraphrase Winston Churchill describing a perfect dry martini: A tumbler of vodka with ice, and I would look at a bottle of cranberry juice.

DesertDawg

You know you're an active alcoholic when:

The term "pre-game" has nothing to do with sports.

TheRepairman

You know you're an active alcoholic when:

You become creative at hiding the waste. Such as accumulating the empty cardboard cases for the the shredder when your SO is out of the house.

Or when a 30 pack of cheap beer doesnt seem enough.

You jump start your fix with 50ml bottles of Vodka because the first 8 beers didn't seem to work.

waking up in a strange room, in a strange house in a town miles from your home.

NewRomanMan

You actually believe your neighbors don't know you're an alcoholic.

Mountainmanbob

You know you're an alcoholic when,

your supervisor tells you that co-workers have complained about your drinking on the job and instead of taking good advice to stop that -- the drunk get's a fast resentment towards who ever snitched them off and wants to get even. The whole matter drives them to even drink more.

Reminds me of me.

Mountainman

CLAS

You order two drinks at a time. You'd never order two soft drinks at a time.

SoCalDude

You make a vodka cranberry, hold the cranberry, and sometimes the ice. Yikes!

PhoenixJ

Always with the thinking.

STDragon

I would attempt to hide my beer as I took it from the car into the garage, worrying the neighbors would notice.

xStargazer

Your friends tell you what you do at night instead of you knowing.
You look at your drink with disgust before downing it like its water in a desert.

Mountainmanbob

You almost burp back up into your beer can as you're gulping down another unneeded swig.
Mountainman

hope0603

U pee at friends house they are remodeling and realize afterward the toliet was not hooked up. Yep not a proud moment

StormiNormi

Pee behind a tree on the golf course, and don't realize there is a major roadway in full view of your rear end (& you are a woman)

xStargazer

Your Bathroom doubles as a pretty well outfitted cocktail bar.
You actually think you're fooling people.

The second one is gone for me now, but it was a nice thought while I thought it.

ABetterWay1

I love this thread! Many thanks to whoever 'bumped' it back to the top of the list.

Mine would be: you choke down the first drink, it comes right back up, and then you try a second one, telling yourself that if you can just get past the initial nausea, you'll be all set.


I've had a similar experience - not because of drinking on the job, but because of being non-functional due to constant withdrawals and/or hangovers.

As an active alcoholic, I would immediately start thinking of ways to prove them wrong and embarrass them.

In sobriety, I take my lumps and look for ways to demonstrate real, actual change.

ABW1

ABetterWay1

I have those moments all the time. It'll come back to you at the most random hour.

lillyknitting

You drink much more than you intend to
The horrid bits far outweigh the good bits

idekbutimhere

You hide empty bottles behind the bed, under the desk, in the dresser, under your clothes, in your bag, in your bathroom.....
and swear you'll take them out next time you take out the trash (so that people don't see them in the recycling bin and realize how much you've been drinking)...
only to realize that you've hidden so many in at least one spot that they could fill up an entire trash bag ALONE.

You're too afraid to toss bottles or cans when anyone's home because you don't want them to see that you're drinking and/or how much you've drank.

You find articles of clothes stashed in plastic bags and hidden, still wreaking of vomit and alcohol.

You text/call a friend/roommate/significant other to pick up a bottle on the way home because you've finished your stash and know you're not finished drinking even though you're already trashed and have been since noon.

You can't imagine being in a social situation without at least six servings of alcohol and know that you'll need at minimum twice that to finish off the day.

Not being able to sleep results in thinking: I need to get drunk so I can get a good night's sleep (bonus: even knowing that you sleep like sh*t while drunk/hungover).

Your pour unfinished portions of alcohol into water bottles so that you can take them home/to the next destination with you.... and you don't tell the person driving you that you are carrying an open container because you're ashamed that you couldn't give up the last half of that beer.

You buy alcohol "for the weekend" but drink it the same or next (week)day.

You say the words: Can we stay here for awhile so I can finish this drink? I'm drunk enough that if I chug it I'm going to get sick.

You have to eat something so you can drink more or else the heartburn will make you vomit... but you're not finished drinking.

These are all such good reminders of why sobriety is so much better than drinking.

Red78

You're embarrased about your glass recycling bin & feel the need to hide it & make excuses for it, especially when the in laws or the step kids other parent comes over..

Gottalife

You know you are an alcoholic if... You drink more than your doctor.