One month sober challange - I think I´m an alcoholic
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Join Date: Mar 2018
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My Dad was a binge alcoholic. He could go months without a drink. What got him was once he took a drink, he was headed for about a week or more of daily drinking, working buzzed and staying out "with the boys" after work, but he would always make it to work. He finally stopped, and I swore I would never, ever drink. Bad prediction. As you know I started drinking in earnest once I turned 19. So much for swearing I would never drink!
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Join Date: Mar 2015
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Godin,
It is very mature of you to contemplate that you may have an alcohol abuse problem. It is very easy at your age to look at excessive drinking to be almost a right of passage, common practice, or hey it's what we do in college. I can look back to those days and say that I had many of the same feelings you have in regards to your relationship with alcohol. I did not drink often to excess, but the mental relationship was there. The physical dependency occurred later. I wish I knew enough then to address the beginning of a very bad relationship with alcohol.
Also, we have a son who recently spent some time at an inpatient rehab facility for his addiction issues. Alcohol is the primary concern and he is 21. I am thankful that he could differentiate his use from his peers and recognize his problems.
It is very mature of you to contemplate that you may have an alcohol abuse problem. It is very easy at your age to look at excessive drinking to be almost a right of passage, common practice, or hey it's what we do in college. I can look back to those days and say that I had many of the same feelings you have in regards to your relationship with alcohol. I did not drink often to excess, but the mental relationship was there. The physical dependency occurred later. I wish I knew enough then to address the beginning of a very bad relationship with alcohol.
Also, we have a son who recently spent some time at an inpatient rehab facility for his addiction issues. Alcohol is the primary concern and he is 21. I am thankful that he could differentiate his use from his peers and recognize his problems.
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