hope2bhappy

As I look back, I can now see it so plainly... you know he's got a problem when a hurricane is coming, and you are scrambling to gather candles, blankets and water, while he is scrambling to make sure he has enough beer to weather the storm. Clue: Thinking about drinking at inappropriate times.

havehopetoday

or when he has vodka at 10am to take the edge off...or when he has the shakes at 10 am so bad he has to drink his coffee out of a straw...hindsight is 20/20

Hivemind

Someone mentioned "no alkie would leave a 1/2 drink at the bar unless there was an accident in the parking lot" I had to laugh because I can see myself chugging the last half before going to check it out. Priorities!!??!!

dobiediva

What about drinking the spilt beer off the nasty table at the bar so it didn't fall on the floor!! (I swear! the bottle was knocked over and he dropped to his knees and caught the stream in his mouth as it started to run off, then slurped up the puddle on the table! HOW GROSS IS THAT?!) But he doesn't have a drinking problem. This is the same guy who (when sober) can't stand crumbs on his OWN table. Has to clean crumbs off the table before he can eat on it but he can drink off a filthy bar table!!) Nope. No problem there!!

havehopetoday

yep. or when the party is over, drinks the leftovers in people's glasses (as to not let it go to waste!)...yet when sober, won't drink out of a glass that the dishwasher didn't quite clean thoroughly.

WantsOut

When you are tiptoeing around in your underwear, the back of which you don't realize are covered in diarrhea, while trying to pretend to your wretching, horrified wife that you're not drunk.

Yes, that really happened.

eveningstar

oh. wow. i hope i never have examples like these to give.
i wonder what su would do that she would never do sober. probably something to do with hair. it grosses her out. hehe.

alison

GlassPrisoner

*cues Jeff Foxworthy*

"If you trip and fall down the stairs, but SAVE THE BEER.........you may just be an alcoholic"

"If you come to in the morning with an injury requiring more than 6 stitches, and wrap it in duct tape while taking another swig.......you may just be an alcoholic"

HolyQow

After an argument, AH grabs a bag to pack to leave me (numerous times), and every time he always went to the fridge and packed his beer first.

He has cleaned the fridge many times for me.....or was it because his case would not fit in there with all of the leftovers?

For the kids birthday parties, he would make sure there was a cooler packed with ice and beer....but the pop cooler would be just a few cans and whatever leftover ice he had.

For almost every family gathering, AH calls ahead to ask if they need "anything" ... he meant....do you have enough beer ?

I would say that my AH plans for his next drink before he finishes the one he has. I think alcohol is always on his mind. The addiction is how they think, not so much the alcohol itself. Like your hurricane, if we were to have a blizzard, you can bet that my AH would stock up on beer, while I was getting food and firewood. Is there a "predictable" stage? I believe that's where I am. Just going through the motions until it becomes unpredictable.

cuttlefish

How about taking a shot before your morning coffee?

Or, sharpening your new pocket knife, while completely blasted....and have it flip up and stab you in the arm, requiring stitches?

Thats my A...

I can understand the thing about not wanting to 'waste' a drink...when I was a poor student, that 5 dollar drink was not going to waste

Although now its my 5 dollar mocha...mmmmmm

dobiediva

Funny the only thing in my exabf's fridge was baking soda and beer. Occassionally there would be some left over pizza in there too. How sad.

care4uNJ

You can't make this stuff up.