Thread: 4 or 5 shots.
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Old 02-22-2011, 01:57 PM
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hurting12
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4 or 5 shots.

I don't drink, but I'm wondering...

If a person goes out and drinks 4 to 5 shots over the course of an evening is that necessarily alcoholic behavior?

Can you still be an alcoholic if you don't drink everyday? My understanding is that it doesn't have anything to do necessarily with the frequency of the drinking but rather the reasons WHY a person drinks,,ie using alcohol to cope with life issues.

Also, I have a girlfriend who is convinced that for someone to truly be an alcoholic they have to drink all the time and use slurred speech drinking? Is this right?????

Thx!-H
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