Originally Posted by
nandm 
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I have found that alcoholism is not so much about how much a person drinks or what type of alcohol they drink but what the alcohol does to them when they drink it. For example:
normal drinkers don't have black outs/brown outs/blank spots/etc..
" " don't wonder if they might be alcoholic
" " don't start planning their next drink while still at work or at play.
" " don't lose the ability to stick to just one or two drinks once they start drinking.
This list could go on and on but those are just a few of the things I can think of right now.
Personally, at the end of my drinking I was drinking two 30-packs of beer and a pint of 100 proof Hot Damn when I drank which was any time I was not at work. I could drink most any man or woman under the table. But I know of people who are alcoholics who would get drunk on a couple of glasses of wine.
Good points.
My health is what became an issue. No blackouts DUI's ect. I had one bout of pancreatitis that put me in the hospital over night. I have a high tolerance to pain and that **** was unbearable pain - 5 shots of morphine didn't completely ease it. I'm 43 and didn't expect that at my age. It sucked.