Perhaps you have wondered from time to time if your drinking is out of hand. Maybe a loved one or friend has expressed concern about your drinking. Have you compared your drinking with someone else’s that you perceive is much worse than you, and made a pact with yourself to quit if you ever got that bad?
- Are you experiencing problems at work, school, or at home because of your drinking.
- Do you feel everything would be fine if people would just leave you alone?
There is a lot of misinformation out there about alcoholism. Let’s go through a list of things we’ve heard that prove we are not alcoholics.
- I don’t drink in the morning.
- I hold a good job and go to work everyday.
- Alcoholics can’t stop drinking. I can stop anytime I just don’t want to.
- Alcoholism runs in families and I come from a family of tea-totalers.
- I am healthy. I am training for a marathon and go to the gym everyday.
- I don’t hide my bottles.
- I have a large capacity and can handle my booze.
The list goes on, and yet none of those things really proves that you are not an alcoholic. So let’s settle the debate once and for all.
What is alcoholism and how is an alcoholic different from a heavy drinker?
Full story at; Health News Digest
See also;
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- 12-Step Treatment More Effective than Alternative
- Two Wolves
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Cool Water: Alcoholism, Mindfulness, and Ordinary Recovery by William Alexander |
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We always read and see articles about “how to tell if you are an alcoholic” but this article puts a better perspective to those who are going through recovery with alcoholism. Asking these types of questions changes the tone from negative to positive. When someone hears these things, it might be easier for them to rewire their thinking.
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