am i an alcoholic

[FasstChevys]

BTW I do think an alcoholic is someone who is over 40 and drinks daily......

Age has absolutely NOTHING to do with someone being an alcoholic, or not....sorry.

[Crimson Sin]

Yes.

[tonyjnjz]

Since everyone is trng to define an alcoholic, let me simplify it for you....

How much, how often, for how long, why... Have no bearing on it.....
Whether you are 15, 40, or 75 years old has no bearing on it....
Whether or not you go to work hammered, wake up hammered, get married hammered, or whatever has no bearing on it.....

I drank a lot for a decade or so... I drove drunk, got married drunk, went to school and work drunk, went snow skiing drunk, raced circle track drunk, went shopping drunk, blacked out sometimes, went for weeks without sobering up.... And so on.... I was not an alcoholic.

I never once felt the "urge" or the requirement to have a drink. If I wanted to go home and put the drink down I could... Any time I wanted.

I never had the shakes, never got up and drank in the morning (unless I wanted to).... Never had an OUI/DWI, never ended up in jail because of booze, and of all the stupid stuff I did in my life nobody but me ever decided to put myself in that situation.

One day in 1985 I had enough... I was tired of having hangovers, spending my money in bars, picking up unattractive ladies, and so I quit. I quite everything as I partied a lot and there was more to it than just drinking.

I have not had a drop since.

I quit before the problem asosciated with heavy drinking became the problems of a full fledged raging alcoholic. I have a cousin with a bad liver who has been through half a dozen stints in rehab..... I had a cousin die from suicide (guns and booze), my family has been harmed greatly by alcoholism and drug abuse. I was one of the lucky ones.

The bottom line for an alcoholic is when that person chooses booze over work, booze over the family, booze over common sense, booze over eating, booze over education....

What I have learned is that I would have learned more in school had I not been drinking... I would have had better jobs had I not been drinking.... I would have had a lot more opportunities had I not been drinking.

I do not regret my choices as they have made me who I am today and I have good jobs, a lovely wife, and a nice home and extended family. No regrets for me. However I do know that if I had not chosen to clean up my act way back in 1985 I would likely be a bum, or even dead, based on my own actions and my family history.

If someone believes they may be an alcoholic, or have that tendency, I would highly siggest seeing a doctor and listening to a medical opinion. We only have one life to live and it would be a shame to waste it because we don't have the balls to hear the truth.

wow uve never had the shakes? ive had them hungover several times..lol

[tnthub]

wow uve never had the shakes? ive had them hungover several times..lol

I have had the shakes, but not because of alcohol... I did a lot of "bad" things when I was younger.

[redls1]

Ill admit Im an alcoholic and screwed in the head. Guess Im just a work in progress. Havent drank for a couple of months and it is hard to stop. As for being screwed in the head thats another story.

[Hi-Po]

everybodies been to work hungover, at least once

Never.

What time is it?

[0rion]

Since everyone is trng to define an alcoholic, let me simplify it for you....

How much, how often, for how long, why... Have no bearing on it.....
Whether you are 15, 40, or 75 years old has no bearing on it....
Whether or not you go to work hammered, wake up hammered, get married hammered, or whatever has no bearing on it.....

I drank a lot for a decade or so... I drove drunk, got married drunk, went to school and work drunk, went snow skiing drunk, raced circle track drunk, went shopping drunk, blacked out sometimes, went for weeks without sobering up.... And so on.... I was not an alcoholic.

I never once felt the "urge" or the requirement to have a drink. If I wanted to go home and put the drink down I could... Any time I wanted.

I never had the shakes, never got up and drank in the morning (unless I wanted to).... Never had an OUI/DWI, never ended up in jail because of booze, and of all the stupid stuff I did in my life nobody but me ever decided to put myself in that situation.

One day in 1985 I had enough... I was tired of having hangovers, spending my money in bars, picking up unattractive ladies, and so I quit. I quite everything as I partied a lot and there was more to it than just drinking.

I have not had a drop since.

I quit before the problem asosciated with heavy drinking became the problems of a full fledged raging alcoholic. I have a cousin with a bad liver who has been through half a dozen stints in rehab..... I had a cousin die from suicide (guns and booze), my family has been harmed greatly by alcoholism and drug abuse. I was one of the lucky ones.

The bottom line for an alcoholic is when that person chooses booze over work, booze over the family, booze over common sense, booze over eating, booze over education....

What I have learned is that I would have learned more in school had I not been drinking... I would have had better jobs had I not been drinking.... I would have had a lot more opportunities had I not been drinking.

I do not regret my choices as they have made me who I am today and I have good jobs, a lovely wife, and a nice home and extended family. No regrets for me. However I do know that if I had not chosen to clean up my act way back in 1985 I would likely be a bum, or even dead, based on my own actions and my family history.

If someone believes they may be an alcoholic, or have that tendency, I would highly siggest seeing a doctor and listening to a medical opinion. We only have one life to live and it would be a shame to waste it because we don't have the balls to hear the truth.

wow, we view this a lot differently. I don't look at opportunities missed, I look at experiences and stories gained and some of the best friends I've ever had in my life were made drinking beers together. I have more kick ass stories than you can shake a stick at. Me and all the buddies get together a few times a year and rehash the stories and it's a blast. We've all settled down now with house mortgages, car payments, wives, and kids....it's cool to have those old wild ass stories to fall back on.
Once when we were all about 20 we had a 3 keg party. Drove down that day to the supply place and loaded up the kegs in a truck and a few of us tapped one of them right then and there and started drinking that foamy shit on the way home. That night we had 100-150 of our closest friends over and got tore up and just had a kick ass time. Oh, did I mention our electricity was cut off at the time. We had empty beer bottles all throughout the house with candles in them. There was 6 of us living in the house at that time and the utilities came and went but there was always cold beer....even if it took bags of ice to keep it cold. That's the mentality of a 20 something...spend hundreds a month on beer but somehow manage to not have electricity.

[tnthub]

wow, we view this a lot differently. I don't look at opportunities missed, I look at experiences and stories gained and some of the best friends I've ever had in my life were made drinking beers together. I have more kick ass stories than you can shake a stick at. Me and all the buddies get together a few times a year and rehash the stories and it's a blast. We've all settled down now with house mortgages, car payments, wives, and kids....it's cool to have those old wild ass stories to fall back on.
Once when we were all about 20 we had a 3 keg party. Drove down that day to the supply place and loaded up the kegs in a truck and a few of us tapped one of them right then and there and started drinking that foamy shit on the way home. That night we had 100-150 of our closest friends over and got tore up and just had a kick ass time. Oh, did I mention our electricity was cut off at the time. We had empty beer bottles all throughout the house with candles in them. There was 6 of us living in the house at that time and the utilities came and went but there was always cold beer....even if it took bags of ice to keep it cold. That's the mentality of a 20 something...spend hundreds a month on beer but somehow manage to not have electricity.

The "opportunities missed" were because I was basically hammered for an entire decade to the priorities got kins screwed up..... I don't regret what I did as I had a great time and still have a few of my friends from way back when, but the majority were what I call "five minute friends" who I only knew for a few drinks or whatever....

I remember going to work one day, in construction, and the crane operator showed up shaking real bad... We sent a guy to the store for a six pack and within a couple of hours the operator had quit shaking enough to run the crane... That is likely the direction I was heading if I had not cleaned up my act when I did...

[Spaz]

i don't get hang overs... i've never had one... i have woke up thirsty as hell but i've never had a head ache or felt shitty... i can also wake up first thing in the morning and have a beer... it doesn't bother me at all... also... i'd like ot point out having a beer in the shower is fucking great...

[B34M3R]

I prefer a hummer in the shower.

[Spaz]

I prefer a hummer in the shower.

i can't reach my self...

[310stanger]

i'd like ot point out having a beer in the shower is fucking great...

So i'm not the only one of us to have ever done this before? hahahaha better yet, Ryan doing it doesnt necessarily make it normal either does it? hahahaha

[310stanger]

wow, we view this a lot differently. I don't look at opportunities missed, I look at experiences and stories gained and some of the best friends I've ever had in my life were made drinking beers together. I have more kick ass stories than you can shake a stick at. Me and all the buddies get together a few times a year and rehash the stories and it's a blast. We've all settled down now with house mortgages, car payments, wives, and kids....it's cool to have those old wild ass stories to fall back on.
Once when we were all about 20 we had a 3 keg party. Drove down that day to the supply place and loaded up the kegs in a truck and a few of us tapped one of them right then and there and started drinking that foamy shit on the way home. That night we had 100-150 of our closest friends over and got tore up and just had a kick ass time. Oh, did I mention our electricity was cut off at the time. We had empty beer bottles all throughout the house with candles in them. There was 6 of us living in the house at that time and the utilities came and went but there was always cold beer....even if it took bags of ice to keep it cold. That's the mentality of a 20 something...spend hundreds a month on beer but somehow manage to not have electricity.

I would love to read about those stories. I love hearing about the crazy stuff people have done with old drinking buddies. Im kinda looking at it like, if the beer doesnt fucking take over your life and your health and what not, thats what your 20's are for. If you got your shit together enough, theres nothing wrong with drinking a bunch budweisers and taking a dump in the old toilet in front of the house down the street on garbage night after a long night beer pong and loose chicks. haha yeah i did that

[TempleU_WS6]

So i'm not the only one of us to have ever done this before? hahahaha better yet, Ryan doing it doesnt necessarily make it normal either does it? hahahaha

haha, no, if you wanted it to feel normal someone else would have to say they've done it.

[310stanger]

haha, no, if you wanted it to feel normal someone else would have to say they've done it.

ok so im a fuckin freak lol you've never had to pregame and shower at the same time do to time constraints?

[Kennedy]

Personally I think both Orion and tnthub are "right". Alcohol and drugs do effect different individuals in at least slightly different ways. Some people are more prone to things getting out of hand, in which case as with tnthub they deserve respect for getting a handle on themselves before it's too late. But then, despite what Moms of America and MADD would have you believe, some people get through partying stages with no harm done.

Life is like that.

[Spaz]

ok so im a fuckin freak lol you've never had to pregame and shower at the same time do to time constraints?

yes... i will take you under my wing and train you in the ways... you must start by getting drunk and calling the police on your neighbors for them not doing anything at all and then watch them all get busted for drugs...

[Hi-Po]

i'd like ot point out having a beer in the shower is fucking great...

I do this all the time dude. You are not alone. I will sometimes bring 2-3 beers and have myself a party in there.


Beer+shower+sex after... = best ever.

[310stanger]

yes... i will take you under my wing and train you in the ways... you must start by getting drunk and calling the police on your neighbors for them not doing anything at all and then watch them all get busted for drugs...

hahaha thats fucking awesome omg lmao

They are assholes right? Not just a couple of buddies tokin some reefer?

[310stanger]

I do this all the time dude. You are not alone. I will sometimes bring 2-3 beers in there and think about if I have enough money in my wallet so I will have the cash for the "oh shit" pill tomorrow morning.

Beer+shower+sex after... = best ever.

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