How and why do people become alcoholics ?

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And then,when they do the AA thing,they never can allow themselves to just drink moderately ever again...?

Either Extreme bothers me.People that absolutely cannot stop at 2 or 3 drinks,or people that used to drink alot and they did the AA thing and now they cannot have any drinks.If they did,and so they say anyway,"They would wind up being "Taken Away" by the drink and relapse into full blown alcoholism and drink many drinks.

I had my share of problems with overdrinking way back in the day but i never attended AA ever because i always sensed it was unnecessary and actually sounded too extreme like joining some religious cult being that they instill this drinking alcohol is the devil mentality.Stupid and silly i always thought so i never wanted to even try it even in the midst of being somewhat of a problem drinker.

I basically just sorted things out on my own and became alot more of a casual/pleasure drinker/beer conossuir rather than take some radically minded plunge into fanaticism which i just really thought to be utterly unnecessary.

Basically,I was legitimately a problem drinker from 18-20,became much more of a casual type pleasure drinker and beer conossuir at 21,still had my share of drinking way too much from time to time over the years but basically kept things in check and had a realistic perspective overall,like knowing my limits 99% of the time,and just knowing how to balance out everything.

Today,i hardly rarely ever drink but not because i think its this evil thing or whatever but basically because i've naturally evolved into being that much more interested in various other forms of relaxation and pleasure,and using my free time more wisely and productively.
I think it should be about sorting things out within yourself and seeking to evolve yourself instead of becomming nazi like with the whole "Drinking is Evil mindset".

I've never believed in subscribing to that much of a radically minded approach.It should just be about proper balance and perspective on being realistic and knowing when to stop with over-pleasuring oneself with alcohol consumption.

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  • AutumnSoulwise
    12 years ago

    I think alcoholism happens when the alcohol becomes more important than anything else in the persons life. When the person is constantly thinking about their next drink, when and where it will be. That is true for any addiction, it becomes an obsession, the person feels like they can't live without it. My father was a raging alcoholic. He eventually died because of it. the doctors told him for years to quit, because of the damage it was doing to his liver and kidneys. It didn't matter to him, he had to drink. He died of renal failure, and his liver was mush.
    He left his wife of 34 years with nothing but memories of abuse and misery. My mother endured his violence and his addiction their whole married lives, to be left with nothing but the mess he left behind...

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  • cerberus
    12 years ago

    Because they don't know how to deal with their problems. My parents were both alcoholics and it drove one of them to death and the other to insanity.

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  • MissHelpful
    12 years ago

    You asked how and why people become alcoholics...
    It's been my observation that they start out drinking for fun and because it's so much fun they start doing it more often. Then they go through a rough patch of life and drink a little more to ease the anxiety, pain, or suffering. I think even at this stage, it would still be easy for someone to recover.
    Graduating from this stage to full-blown dependency, takes just one shitty life-experience (ie. divorce, foreclosure on a home, death in the family, etc.) to throw the person over the edge of oblivion.

    For others, they always had a general dissatisfaction with their lives and the drinking steadily increases overtime without any catalyst to speed the process along.

    So many young people go through a "drinking phase" in their late teens and early twenties, but they grow out of it once they realize it's really not as cool as it first appears.

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  • georgienne
    12 years ago

    I see what you mean, but the effects under alcoholism can be really nasty to the drinker and those close to them.
    If they don't want to drink ever again, it's their choice.

    You know your limit. What if they KNOW their limit is one drink, which will drag them back in.

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