Originally Posted by
Ordinaryworld 
Hi! I am brand new here and am have searched online for answers to no avail. I believe my sister is a high functioning alcoholic but need some input on it before I label her as such. We have always been close but she is a big drinker. I do not drink at all which causes problems because she gets angry when I won't join her. One week she will be fine and my best friend, the next week she barely talks to me even though I have not said or done anything. We live in different states so most of our communication is by phone or emails. This week is one where she is not speaking to me. Or if I am lucky, I get a one word response. She holds a good job and never misses work because of her drinking yet she doesn't go one day without beers at night. Is the talking to me/not talking to me common for alcoholics?
Yes thats normal. Alcoholics go through ups and downs. They mimc mental disorders.
One minute theyll be your best friend the next your worst enemy.
Ive seen it time after time ah all loving and generous and the next mad or sad about nonsense.
I also witnessed it in a family friend who would be all your awesome and wants to shower
you to one minute saying that your a b**** etc
We know alcohol changes the brains chemistry.. .weve heard that theyll do things and say thing that would even surprise themselves. Alcoholism is putting a substance that numbs kills and degenerates brain activity....i dunno if youve seen ct scans of alcohol abuse but this is very very normal among alcoholics.
As long as she is using and until she has recovered she will go up down sideways etc