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I Enjoy Being an Alcoholic!!!

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    #62
    sporina
    Registered Users Posts: 6,785 ✭✭✭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


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    #63
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭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?


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    #64
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,063 ✭✭✭✭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.


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