Is it normal that i'm scared i'm an alcoholic?

Relax, you're just bored when your husband is not home and so you have a bottle of wine. If it was a bottle vodka that's another story. AA meetings suck, bunch of winers talking about how shitty their life got cuze they drank way to much, beat their wife, lost their job, got divorced, etc.

If you think it's too much them stop. If you can't stop then it has become a problem

I say drink up.

My understanding is that it's a problem when it starts getting in the way of your life and responsibilities.. Doesn't sound like that is the case yet. Good to be aware of it tho so it doesn't get to be a big problem.

Sorry, but..you're an idiot. Having a bottle of wine a few times a week doesn't make you an alcoholic. If you go to AA meetings, they will laugh you out of the building.

I don't know. technically a woman is supposed to max out at 7 drinks a week and a man @ 14 drinks. that is suggesting that we are 1/2 the size of our men and our metabolisms are 1/2 the speed...

i think i'm going through the same thing... in my whole life i NEVER drank without anyone around... but while stuck in Tanzania w/ my partner in America & Italy... I tried it for the first time... and honestly... i almost bent down to the gods of south african red wine...

i had such a nice night alone...

but in real life? a bottle on a worknight? a bottle 2-4 nights a week... "technically" that's a problem. which would mean I have a problem. this is my first comment ever... and will probably be my last, b/c i see I'm so much verbose than the gen pop on this site...

but just responding has helped.

bottom line. You've identified something that's scary.... we can go with it, let it grow, mess things up, be out of control, even "hit bottom" and become everlasting members of AA, or we can see if it's stoppable. If it's a problem with a little p or a Problem with a big P. But once that decision is made, there is no turning back. Better to fix it now, when you feel a hint of urgency or concern, than later... when a whole section of the world is erased for you.

Nothing wrong with checking out AA if you feel you have a problem with drinking. Sounds a bit like you are lonely and at loose ends when your husband is away, and you have come to rely on your friend vinny. However you approach this, you have the sense to know that this is not the solution.

You aren't drinking enough to be considered an alcoholic. Also, switch to weed it's cheaper and not harsh on the body like alcohol is.

it's normal, try not to drink so much it will affect your relationship and carrier.

I often go home and have a toke after work. Helps relax me after a stressful day.

you should go to AA
or talk to a friend or somebody. i was in the military and ive seen a lot of friends of mine become dependent on alcohol & drugs and then fuck up their lives forever. talking helps!

If you drink a bottle of wine everyday, you are probably becoming dependent. The fact that you are worried about it indicates a possible problem. Moderate drinking for a woman is one glass (6 oz) daily. More than that can raise your chances of breast
cancer.

there are different types of alcholics. there the person who drinks occasionally but always binges when they do, then there's the person who just has a couple every day. if you don't always binge when you drink, or you don't always have to have alchohol every day, then you are probably ok. it takes women about 5 years, and men 10 years of heavy drinking to become alcholics. that's what i learned in TAPS class, anyway.

If you're worried about being alcoholic, you probably is. Better stop now than when it's too late.

you are a gay fucking monkey