Alcoholism

My dad's an alki so I know the dangers fine well, I know I don't have a problem or atleast I think I don't. Whenever I have a couple of cans at night I never go over 3 unless i'm going out or i'm out etc. and there has been a half bottle of vodka sitting under my bed for 3 months and I have never had an urge to crack that open. It's not that I need to drink everynight to relax it's just I want to .

 

Alcoholism,, to lose the abailty to control my drinking,,slan

 

Used to live with a mate who i'd say was/still is an alcoholic.
After work he'd drink about 4-5 beers a night. He'd even come home after a night shift at 7.30 and have a beer before bed. At weekends/parties he'd get a bit more wasted.
He'd get * off if i ever raised the issue with him.

Know a few more going the same way.

Never seen the appeal myself. I like a beer or two a week but nothing much over that.

 

That's nonsense mate.

 

I think you may have a point here, drinking is so socially acceptable here that it may take a far more serious situation to recognise that someone has alcohol problems than it would in another country.

Maybe, but you can't deny that in some social circles, there is a lot of peer pressure and socialising that centre around drinking.

 

There are a few in here walking right into alcoholism by the looks of it.

 

There's an expectation that you 'should' drink and there's a lot of questions asked if you don't, it's seen as odd in Glasgow but people aren't excluded socially because they don't drink.

 

I agree with you, but it's * being in the company of drunks when you're not drinking. It can and does limit your options somewhat.

 

Really? Wasn't my experience growing up. If * were going out to the pub/town the * that doesn't drink isn't even tought of.

They did if we were playing football or something.

Eventually they just end up not your mate.

 

That's just * ridiculous.

 

Why?

 

I have never just sat in the house and had a few drink by myself while watching the TV or whatever, don't see the appeal or point in it. I don't even drink alcohol if I'm out for a meal. It's not because I don't like the taste of it, because I do, I just don't ever feel the urge to do it. My main drink is cider usually but I'll drink some spirits too, never beer though.

The only time I actually do drink is when I go out on a night out to a bar or a club with my mates, I'll get hammered, have a horrible hangover, and do * all the next day because I feel like death. This only ever happens once a week at the very most, often it'll be once every 2 or 3 weeks. Occasionally it could even be monthly and in that month I never once feel like I want a drink until the day I go out.

I guess the relationship I have with alcohol is pretty unhealthy in its own wee way. I can easily go months without it and then I'll go on a mental binge for less than 12 hours.


Edit: I'll also drink on the occasional Celtic European night

 

Excluding a mate because they don't drink?

 

It's not an exclusion, not a concious kinda thing. Just if you're going to the pub you don't ask the guy who doesn't drink out for a pint because he'll no wamt to come lut for a pint.

Same as when going for a drink out to the dancing or that.

Aye if it's something that doesn't involve booze but there isn't a lot of social * we do that doesn't involve booze.

 

A lot of my mates the only time we ever see each other these days is in a drinking situation.

Such as the way life has worked out.

 

I know exactly what you mean, I stopped drinking for a bit in my early 20s(about a year) and up still went out took the motor etc and at first my mates thought it was brilliant getting a lift etc.. And then after a while we'd meet up for 5asides or whatever and they be chatting about night out etc..and I'd be like' When was this?' And they would say 'Didn't invite you ya boring *!':smiley-laughing002:

Think they got * of we me being able to remember everything.. I soon got * off with it anaw!!

 

Drinking everyday doesn't make you an alcoholic unless you physically need to.

Wanting a drink and needing one are two different things. I used to drink at least 3 cans of beer a night without fail but just recently decided to detox completely for 2 months and succeeded, without any withdrawals at all.

Calling someone an alcholic for drinking every night is ignorant. Until you start to struggle to function without alcohol then you aren't an acoholic.

 

Not just that, being sober with a bunch of drunken arseholes is * annoying.

 

Obviously when you start to do that it becomes a problem but I'm not there and I don't think I will ever be.