How to determine if you are alcoholic
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Originally Posted by Iconoclastic 
That’s from “The Doctor’s Opinion” in the Alcoholics Anonymous textbook. What Silkworth claims is an allergy is scientifically incorrect. There has to be an antigen for and allergy and there isn’t. But, don’t believe me, look it up.
I don't believe the article could have ever passed peer review if his use of the term allergy needed to be in the more narrow sense of the term which has the connotation of an antigen.
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Originally Posted by MelindaFlowers
I definitely had the phenomenon of craving.
The second tasted better than the first......up to like the sixth. There was a sense of urgency for each consecutive drink. The need for the 12th was as urgent as the second.
Another interesting phenomenon I'd be curious to hear about from you guys is how I felt more agitated stopping after three beers (and could NOT get anymore) than if I had zero.
Even six left me craving more, more so than if I had drank zero. If it wasn't 12 it left me more angry than I guess none would have made me, although I have very few examples of not having any, up until I stopped. Thoughts?
The second tasted better than the first......up to like the sixth. There was a sense of urgency for each consecutive drink. The need for the 12th was as urgent as the second.
Another interesting phenomenon I'd be curious to hear about from you guys is how I felt more agitated stopping after three beers (and could NOT get anymore) than if I had zero.
Even six left me craving more, more so than if I had drank zero. If it wasn't 12 it left me more angry than I guess none would have made me, although I have very few examples of not having any, up until I stopped. Thoughts?
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Originally Posted by zjw
each day i'd check my fridge and do a role call to make sure I had enough beer for the coming evening. anything less then 20 beers and i was getting kinda nervous I might not have enough. Sure I might not drink 20 but what if i did and ran out? oh the horror! i'd also just get more beer anyhow if i had more then that at times figureing oh well i'll /need/ these anyhow.
going through the horror of only having a few and runing out then too drunk to go drive and get more? oh god no i learned my lesson there a long long time ago. Its like a smoker checking to see if he's got enough cigarettes to get him through.
I didnt have a drinking problem or anything *sigh*
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Having the fridge stocked with beer was a total oxymoron for me. No sooner would I put them all in and have the one to celebrate would I begin the process begin of taking them all out again.
A big supermarket up the road used to and probably still does 45 bottles of whatever you like for 15 bucks. I used to get that on the regular and multiples of it. It was a false economy for sure.
A big supermarket up the road used to and probably still does 45 bottles of whatever you like for 15 bucks. I used to get that on the regular and multiples of it. It was a false economy for sure.
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A big supermarket up the road used to and probably still does 45 bottles of whatever you like for 15 bucks. I used to get that on the regular and multiples of it. It was a false economy for sure.
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From what I understand from a close relative who is allergic to peanuts, there is no antigen for it. Does that mean she doesn't suffer from a peanut allergy which can be deadly?
Nope. The same antigen that works for her has worked for me with alcoholism. The antigen of abstinence.
Nope. The same antigen that works for her has worked for me with alcoholism. The antigen of abstinence.
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Originally Posted by zjw
as i read that the AV said oh wow thats a great deal if i could get a deal like that I should start drinking again ::Facepalm::
I would put 45 beers in the fridge and think to myself 'now, they should last a while'. Crack one open then wake up 18 hours later with 45 empty bottles, or maybe 2 or 3 left. Not even a moneysaver man, forget it.
I came to the conclusion then that the trick was to not put them all in at once. So I would put 10 or 15 in, then wake up with 30 gone and a couple exploded in the freezer. So it was slowing me down but same result!
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My understanding of what an an alcoholic is ...if it costs you more than it offers and you continue to drink..beyond rational reasoning...not how much or how often..a progressive mental obsession and physical sensitivity to the effects.
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