POLL: Alcoholism...

[DannyBoy]

Are you, or do you know an alcoholic at all?

Im curious..

 

[SaigonK]

Once I get done my drink I will be sure to vote....

 

[xxAgentCowxx]

I am

 

[Azraele]

I'm not, but my high school English teacher was. She was (and still is) a great teacher.

 

[moshquerade]

just because you drink a lot doesn't make you an alcoholic.
alcoholism is a disease.
alcoholics HAVE to drink
and mostly drink alone.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
just because you drink a lot doesn't make you an alcoholic.
alcoholism is a disease.
alcoholics HAVE to drink
and mostly drink alone.

I do know the ins and outs of alcoholism

 

[seepy83]

i think moshquerade was just trying to clarify it for everyone...

with that said...it's way too common in my family

 

[Linflas]

I don't think you will get much useful data with this poll. You should have separated the "know an alcoholic" from "are an alcoholic".

 

[Spooner]

:beer:

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Linflas
I don't think you will get much useful data with this poll. You should have separated the "know an alcoholic" from "are an alcoholic".

Im only interested in knowing if anyone is or knows to see how common it is in the US.

British spend an extortionate amount of their money on alcohol, and i have lived with one person all my life, who is an alcoholic.

 

[upsciLLion]

I am one, but I make sure I don't drink alone and that I don't drink very often.

ups

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: upsciLLion
I am one, but I make sure I don't drink alone and that I don't drink very often.

ups

In that case, you are not an alcoholic.

 

[krunchykrome]

I drink a few beers a day during the week, and I drink heavy on the weekends.

 

[upsciLLion]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: upsciLLion
I am one, but I make sure I don't drink alone and that I don't drink very often.

ups

In that case, you are not an alcoholic.

Not necessarily. With enough self-discipline it is possible to keep alcoholism under control. Even people that go through AA and have been dry for decades are still considered alcoholics.

ups

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I drink a few beers a day during the week, and I drink heavy on the weekends.

Do you feel the need to drink / suffer withdrawel?

 

[xxAgentCowxx]

i drink whenever i have it, as much as i can before i get sick or run out, usually alone. luckily im 18 so i cant buy it for myself, and i have other things to worry about.

 

[krunchykrome]

Do you feel the need to drink / suffer withdrawel?

It's the path I chose to take...:Q

 

[Lager]

The only beer I drink is root beer.

 

[Nocturnal]

My father is an alcoholic. I hate it when he's drunk. He isn't ever violent but I feel really sorry for him. He self medicates himself for a lot of reasons.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: upsciLLion

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: upsciLLion
I am one, but I make sure I don't drink alone and that I don't drink very often.

ups

In that case, you are not an alcoholic.

Not necessarily. With enough self-discipline it is possible to keep alcoholism under control. Even people that go through AA and have been dry for decades are still considered alcoholics.

ups

They are considered as "Recovering Alcoholics".

If you can control your drinking, and do not suffer withdrawel symptoms, you are not an alcoholic.

 

[moshquerade]

yeh, if i don't masturbate daily i have to drink 'lots
or i get this twitch in my eye and my big toes turn purple.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
My father is an alcoholic. I hate it when he's drunk. He isn't ever violent but I feel really sorry for him. He self medicates himself for a lot of reasons.

My mum is an alcoholic.

Shes brought me up on her own, drunk, or rather ive brought myself up looking after her on my own, however you look at it.

Ive spent many nights in police cell's after she has started getting aggresive with me and i have defended myself by holding her back.

Because of the drink she bruises easily and for a while, the police believed i was the one attacking her

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
yeh, if i don't masturbate daily i have to drink 'lots
or i get this twitch in my eye and my big toes turn purple.

*hugs*

 

[moshquerade]

now, you were saying in another thread THAT GOT LOCKED, that you have a masturbation addiction DannyBoy.

are you seeking help?

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

:music:Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling:music:from glen to glen:music:..
"He was a good lad; but he had the failing." I'm only 1/16 Irish and I got the Irish Virus,
whats it to ya? Ever read Frank Mc Court, Angela's Ashes or better yet 'Tis ?

At 57 i'm 21 c&s. Lost 2 younger siblings to untreated addictions.

Never had it so good! I still feel as if I cheated the devil.

PM me if you ever get to LA. John...:sun: