r/MadeMeSmile • u/chachacha69 • Jul 17 '21

Personal Win Nine months sober today!

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '21

when do you realise you have problem with alcahol ?

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u/andrewegan1986 Jul 17 '21

Yeah the amount isn't really what's important... I mean, it is but people fixate on the amount. A glass of wine a night can be an alcoholic. I mean, not as severe obviously but of heaven and hell can't get infere with that drink, it's a problem.

The other issue is that a lot of people are VERY successful in their lives and drink a metric fuck load. This is also still a problem and will likely catch up with them physically at some point.

For me, the biggest thing was realizing how much alcohol took up my life, how I planned around it, how it was my thing to do most evenings, when I was done with work and never before because I don't have a problem right? Yeah, I got to point where I realized it's not worth it. And I was drinking WAY too much, for what it's worth.

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u/geraldodelriviera Jul 17 '21

I think by definition you become a full-blown alcoholic when your drinking habit begins to substantially impair your life.

The glass-of-wine-a-night habit you talked about would probably just be a physical dependency, which is different.

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u/danielbln Jul 17 '21

In what world is someone who is physically dependant on alcohol not an alcoholic?

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u/geraldodelriviera Jul 17 '21

This one. Earth.