I Enjoy Being an Alcoholic!!!

sporina

No need for people to argue on here - is there? it seems that different methods work for different people.. depending on their situation..

In any event, I definitely think a visit to the GP should be the 1st port of call..

Hope your doing ok OP

ILoveYourVibes

freakish_habit wrote: »

This is unusual perhaps, but I drink maybe 6-cans a night - and have done so quite extensively over the past few years. I'm in my late 20s, too, and do try to balance alcohol intake with a very good diet and extensive exercise.

The problem is this: that I enjoy drinking alcohol at night. I know many people get depressed and drink because they are sad or responding to stress or some other negative reason, but I have no reason at all to be depressed. I have quite a good life and I don't have anything bad going on.

I make over 120,000 per year, so affording beers each night isn't much of an issue either.

At least when someone is depressed, there is a clear path toward quitting alcohol. It's almost easier I suppose. But I'm drinking it because I enjoy it, in the same way, a smoker (I don't smoke) enjoys the act of smoking even with the full knowledge of the damage it can do.

It's a bit of a Catch-22.

I know it can cause long-term damage, but I enjoy it in the short-term.

Also, many people would classify my drinking habit like that of an "alcoholic", even though, as I said, I'm quite a positive, upbeat, and hard-working individual.

But I could be fooling myself. Hence why I've offered to throw this out for legitimate critique and to analyze your interpretation of what some might consider a bad habit.

Thanks in advance for any replies received.

I don't know if you are an alcoholic or not.

Maybe people enjoy doing things to excess like it wouldn't be worth having just two cans.

The only thing i can suggest ...is maybe become a connoisseur rather than a gourmand who will drink anything.

This thing called self care ..its very romanticized ...often its not doing thins we like at all but the opposite.

Ask a doctor what your recommended intake should be. Ask him to look you over etc.

If you are a true alcoholic ....i think you need expert advice.

Do you think you can drink ...without drinking to excess and still enjoy it?

beertons

Best of luck OP. I gave it up last June, said I'd had enough. Sounds tough with people not working, no where open, but as you go on, it gets easier.