Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism
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I thought I was a problem drinker.
I have had daily struggles this week when I get home, successfully but uncomfortably resisting the urge to drink. I have extreme anxiety the days after I drink.
I struggle for control over it. Can I go a week without drinking? Yes. Do I think about how much I miss it? Yes. It has me. I don't have it.
I am an alcoholic. And VERY early in sobriety.
I have had daily struggles this week when I get home, successfully but uncomfortably resisting the urge to drink. I have extreme anxiety the days after I drink.
I struggle for control over it. Can I go a week without drinking? Yes. Do I think about how much I miss it? Yes. It has me. I don't have it.
I am an alcoholic. And VERY early in sobriety.
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Location: Ontario
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Originally Posted by Change4good 
I thought I was a problem drinker.
I have had daily struggles this week when I get home, successfully but uncomfortably resisting the urge to drink. I have extreme anxiety the days after I drink.
I struggle for control over it. Can I go a week without drinking? Yes. Do I think about how much I miss it? Yes. It has me. I don't have it.
I am an alcoholic. And VERY early in sobriety.
I have had daily struggles this week when I get home, successfully but uncomfortably resisting the urge to drink. I have extreme anxiety the days after I drink.
I struggle for control over it. Can I go a week without drinking? Yes. Do I think about how much I miss it? Yes. It has me. I don't have it.
I am an alcoholic. And VERY early in sobriety.
Eventually you won't miss it at all.
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude
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Location: Oxnard (The Nard), CA, USA.
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Originally Posted by ProblemDrinker
I hate the term alcoholic - it's so vague, and can be misleading. It's not a black and white issue, but PLENTY of shades of grey.
Alcoholism (alcohol dependence) has those hideous withdraws that an alcoholic like myself have experienced. Like seizures, a bad case of the
shakes, fiend-ing for the next drink and stuff like that. Unless I was drinking non-stop all was go.Alcohol abuse: no ridiculous wicked withdraws like the alcoholic when not drinking. Hell bending
hangovers, why yes indeed.The alcohol abuser can suffer all the medical/emotional/mental ect as the alcoholic. They can have the same problems stopping the drink as the alcoholic.
Great question Bayliss BTW.
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