There are two types of alcoholics.
One is a person who drinks every day. Maybe Dad comes home from work and has 3 beers every night before bed. Doesn't mattter if he gets waisted or not.
He's an alcoholic bc he
Wants/needs it every day.
No exception. He would be a functioning alcoholic. But he does not have the self control to ever skip his beer.
The second type of alcoholic is a person who can not stop drinking once they've started until they reach complete intoxication. They say they're going out for A (ONE) drink and go home waisted. They cannot control the desire to keep going. They do not have the self control to go home after one drink.
I do agree that having a drinking problem can be different than being an alcoholic in some situations. I say this only because all alcoholics have a drinking prob. One can't go without a drink for even a day (that's definitely a problem) and the other can not ever cut them self off (also
A proplem)!
Bottom line is that alcoholics have drinking problems that make them alcoholics. If someone has a drinking problem then they should think about how often they drink, why they drink, if
They can go for extended and what changes they need to make to prevent becoming an alcoholic.
Is there a difference between a drinking problem and being an alcoholic?
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There are two types of alcoholics.
One is a person who drinks every day. Maybe Dad comes home from work and has 3 beers every night before bed. Doesn't mattter if he gets waisted or not.
He's an alcoholic bc he
Wants/needs it every day.
No exception. He would be a functioning alcoholic. But he does not have the self control to ever skip his beer.
The second type of alcoholic is a person who can not stop drinking once they've started until they reach complete intoxication. They say they're going out for A (ONE) drink and go home waisted. They cannot control the desire to keep going. They do not have the self control to go home after one drink.
I do agree that having a drinking problem can be different than being an alcoholic in some situations. I say this only because all alcoholics have a drinking prob. One can't go without a drink for even a day (that's definitely a problem) and the other can not ever cut them self off (also
A proplem)!
Bottom line is that alcoholics have drinking problems that make them alcoholics. If someone has a drinking problem then they should think about how often they drink, why they drink, if
They can go for extended and what changes they need to make to prevent becoming an alcoholic.