World Health Organisation Alcohol Use Disorder Identification
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Originally Posted by sortofhomecomin 
No replies? I guess y'all already know you are raving alcos. 
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I went to college for two years for health (a public health type program for undergrad) and that's when I began my drinking. Of course, we learned about alcoholism, and we had the little tests, Are You an Alcoholic? And I would take the tests and use my alcoholic logic to fudge the results so the answer was no. Or, if a question didn't apply (is this affecting your relationship with your spouse? When I was in college and obviously didn't have a spouse) I would use that to justify, "well, that means I'm not an alcoholic! I'm answering no to like, half of these questions!"
So, basically, I've learned not to trust myself with this sort of thing and just look at the damage in my life, and see if I can relate to other people at AA and their stories. The thing that helped me was the stories in the back of the Big Book. I went to one meeting, drank and hid out for a long time, but I had that BB and read those stories and knew, secretly, that I was an alcoholic. I'm always grateful to that person who gave me that BB, even though I moved out of the area and never got to see her again or tell her thank you. It really made me see the light.
So, basically, I've learned not to trust myself with this sort of thing and just look at the damage in my life, and see if I can relate to other people at AA and their stories. The thing that helped me was the stories in the back of the Big Book. I went to one meeting, drank and hid out for a long time, but I had that BB and read those stories and knew, secretly, that I was an alcoholic. I'm always grateful to that person who gave me that BB, even though I moved out of the area and never got to see her again or tell her thank you. It really made me see the light.
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I know I was an alcoholic and it was only going to end badly. The amount of times I was in hospital either directly or indirectly through alcohol, the amount of people I know I hurt or angered, I'm just glad I, with the help of others, good, kind, people, managed to hit reverse and get back on the right path.
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Alcoholism/active addiction may well be a medical condition , for me, drinking would be a moral failing as I would be actively opening myself up to very real possibility of 'acquiring' the 'condition' , again.
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all i miss about the boozin is the boozin, and the boozin aint all it's cracked up to be
Living comfortably with latent desire is entirely possible and not half bad
re above tagline
all i miss about the boozin is the boozin, and the boozin aint all it's cracked up to be
Living comfortably with latent desire is entirely possible and not half bad
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This is interesting - this thread highlights exactly my concern over the terminology Alcohol Use Disorder.
Like Lacey said, I got the no you're not an alcoholic result from every quiz I took...and the act of taking a quiz in the first place is an indicator of a drinking problem.
I firmly believe that here is a spectrum of mental illness, like with my anxiety and how well meds help, what some days are like v others, etc....I get very concerned that us Real Alcoholics as AA calls us will find this type of significant official material supremely useful to play all the games alcoholic minds will do to split hairs, deny, avoid, etc....
Ultimately, for me, the why's and wherefores of it all did one thing, and that was keep me justifying my drinking even in the face of truly insane everything.
Like Lacey said, I got the no you're not an alcoholic result from every quiz I took...and the act of taking a quiz in the first place is an indicator of a drinking problem.
I firmly believe that here is a spectrum of mental illness, like with my anxiety and how well meds help, what some days are like v others, etc....I get very concerned that us Real Alcoholics as AA calls us will find this type of significant official material supremely useful to play all the games alcoholic minds will do to split hairs, deny, avoid, etc....
Ultimately, for me, the why's and wherefores of it all did one thing, and that was keep me justifying my drinking even in the face of truly insane everything.
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