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How do you judge an alcoholic?

  • 13-10-2012 10:20pm
    #1
    ForeverYoung90
    Registered Users Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭


    Personally I sympathise with them as I feel a lot of them have had a tough life and are turning to the drink to block out the pain.


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  • #2
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users Posts: 11,035 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    Thinly veiled i'm an alcoholic thread.


  • #3
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    they're very organised, they go to meetings and stuff...


  • #4
    PeteEd
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭PeteEd


    10 out of 10


  • #5
    monkeysnapper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    I work for a German retailer and I see so so so many people in everyday buying 2/3 bottles of wine and theres one man who buys a 12 pack of beer and a bottle of brandy '

    One thing about all these people , there all pretty much nice people and very much in control , I don't know how they do it, and I know there drinking it because you can see it in their skin


  • #6
    maiden
    Registered Users Posts: 798 ✭✭✭maiden


    ForeverYoung90 wrote: »
    Personally I sympathise with them as I feel a lot of them have had a tough life and are turning to the drink to block out the pain.

    Tell that to all the kids I have fostered! Im not sure they would agree


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  • #7
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,646 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    A combination of artistic merit and technical difficulty?


  • #8
    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    I don't judge them, it's not a competition,


  • #9
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    monkeysnapper wrote: »
    I know there drinking it because you can see it in their skin

    Interesting

    How do you see it though, not sure what you mean


  • #10
    Duff
    Registered Users Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭Duff


    Simon Cowell?


  • #11
    Bobeagleburger
    Registered Users Posts: 45,259 ✭✭✭✭Bobeagleburger


    On how quickly they can down a pint.


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  • #12
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    It's a pretty meaningless word.

    Some people can lead a productive life and drink loads and some people can't handle four or five pints without wrecking the place.

    Which one is the alcoholic?


  • #13
    Esoteric_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    I don't understand it. I don't think they're alcoholics.

    Alcoholics need a drink, they usually have plenty!


  • #14
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    You know you are an alcoholic when you drink more then your GP


  • #15
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    With pity, it's an awful condition, you have to remember that there's often a contributory factor which leads to alcoholism. Think about it, zero self esteem self hatred, hoping to die soon. It takes over, the alcohol consumes everything and it's your only friend. It's easy to scoff at it if you don't fully understand the grip alcohol has on sufferers.


  • #16
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    Thinly veiled i'm an alcoholic thread.

    Get lost....


  • #17
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,057 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    It's a pretty meaningless word.

    Some people can lead a productive life and drink loads and some people can't handle four or five pints without wrecking the place.

    Which one is the alcoholic?

    Can't they both be alcoholics? If they depend on it as part of their everyday lives then they are. I don't think quantities consumed or subsequent behaviors come in to it.


  • #18
    monkeysnapper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Interesting

    How do you see it though, not sure what you mean

    Look it's not based on scientific evidence but the peoples skin completion looks red and blotchy and their eyes look very tired .


  • #19
    MistyCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


    I don't.

    I'm not a judge.


  • #20
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    It is not to hard a question to answer, ask him/her why they are where they are, then judge.


  • #21
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    It's a pretty meaningless word.

    Some people can lead a productive life and drink loads and some people can't handle four or five pints without wrecking the place.

    Which one is the alcoholic?
    If you have to ask then I'm not sure you understand what alcoholism is.


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  • #22
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users Posts: 11,035 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    TheComeUp wrote: »
    J Mysterio wrote: »
    Thinly veiled i'm an alcoholic thread.

    Get lost....

    Suck it


  • #23
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Can't they both be alcoholics? If they depend on it as part of their everyday lives then they are. I don't think quantities consumed or subsequent behaviors come in to it.

    I was under the impression that it was everything to do with behaviour. If someone is dependant on a drug but happy enough and not harming anyone else then what is the problem?

    Also, if a person has 3 cans of beer every night is he an addict?

    Ya see that's the problem with pseudo-scientific labelling of people.
    MagicMarker wrote: »
    If you have to ask then I'm not sure you understand what alcoholism is.

    I was referring to the word 'alcoholic' for which there is no set definition.


  • #24
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    It's a pretty meaningless word.

    Some people can lead a productive life and drink loads and some people can't handle four or five pints without wrecking the place.

    Which one is the alcoholic?

    The difference is one needs to drink (feels the need to drink), one is just a prick with drink.


  • #25
    monkeysnapper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    Suck it

    Come on people, calm the feck down !!!! Have a drink and calm down


  • #26
    jd007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    ForeverYoung90 wrote: »
    How do you judge an alcoholic?

    Usually out of 10


  • #27
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    I was referring to the word 'alcoholic' for which there is no set definition.

    An alcoholic is a person suffering from alcoholism.


  • #28
    Hurricane Carter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 607 ✭✭✭Hurricane Carter


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    It's a pretty meaningless word.

    Some people can lead a productive life and drink loads and some people can't handle four or five pints without wrecking the place.

    Which one is the alcoholic?

    Henry Sellars.


  • #29
    scwazrh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,595 ✭✭✭scwazrh


    If you have 5 or 6 bottles of beer every night are you an alcoholic ? Even though you go to work every morning and don't get drunk ?


  • #30
    thee glitz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭thee glitz


    scwazrh wrote: »
    If you have 5 or 6 bottles of beer every night are you an alcoholic ? Even though you go to work every morning and don't get drunk ?

    That would make you a functioning alcoholic.

    As opposed to an an alcoholic, which I'm not, they go to meetings.


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  • #31
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    I look down upon them, they are wasters with a drug addiction, Alcohol is a drug, yet people treat it as if it was something different. I hate how everything in Ireland revolves around alcohol especially the social life aspect of it.

    I personally don't drink and they whole concept of going out to pay for overpriced drink and making a fool of ones self is pityfull, it really is an ignominy that people do this every weekend often men who feel they must be a borderline alcoholic to just speak to a woman.

    So basically alcoholics are wasters in my view and should be treated with contempt and not pity. Everybody has choices in life and being an alcoholic is just the result of bad choice making.


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