Am I An Alcoholic?

Am I An Alcoholic? Do I suffer from alcoholism? Do I need to join a AA 12 step program? Everyone says so..

I dont think so. Most likely, you are just using alcohol to self medicate a mental illness.

One of my favorite sayings is 'if you have to ask it means your an alcoholic'. That's funny!!

The tricky thing, is that your medicating with alcohol keeps your anxiety in check.. Take away your drinking and smoking then watch your mental illness get worse.

Mental illness is a lot like having STD's. You have periods that they will swell up, but otherwise, you are perfectly normal down there.

Most likely, you are reaching for the bottle because you feel the onset and you are using alcohol to keep things in check. When I say onset, I mean a slow gradual onset of weeks and months.

If you hate yoru boss, you can decide not to drink and get pissed off the whole night over your boss complaining the whole night. This will build and the anxiety will pop up. Before you know it the room turns sideways and you have a panic attack.

Or,

You can drink, forget about it for the night, and since you have not been worrying, the anxiety does not build further than it already is because for anxiety to build up (over weeks and months) you have to contanty 'worry'.

That is what you are doing by drinking. You are keeping your mental illness in check. Illness is a harsh sounding word I know but that's what it technically is.

Mental illness also usually come in groups. So if you suffer from mainlly from anxiety (panic disorder, phobias, ocd) you will usually get a mild case of depression or another illness.

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[HiCapacity]

Using alcohol to medicate a mental illness is called alcoholism .

[TheBenben76]

thanks for this it helped me big time you are so right cant thank you face to face but you have helped me alotot god bless you thanks !!!!!!!!

[tookurjaerbs]

I like the fact that you have the balls to say that not EVERYONE who has dank too much is an alcoholic. However, I think that if you yourself feel that you need help it`s always good to ask questions and open up a dialogue with others about your problems. Sometimes just verbalizing your problems can help you find a solution

[pokejom]

if you are an alchoholic u should stop cuz it can ruin ur liver and u can get heart attacks u can get drunk and kill urself just drink coca cola its way nicer

[BeThouFaithful]

If you do go out tonight and you said you were to get tipsy and buzzed just make sure not to drive home intoxicated. Have your wife drive you home and hopefully she will be sober. Tipsy buzzed driving is still drunk driving. Don't chance your life that way or anyone else's life that way either, okay? Thanks.

[CliveGains80s]

i am sick of messages on bottles and every growing advisory organisition following a nonsense checklist sheet. On melcom on the middle the big brother went to aa but he never even drank. these creeps just want you in. Just do what you want. drink as much as you mant or as less as you want. it all dont matter what people think there just particulas in the universe.

[iwishiwasbraver]

@TEgnoto89 I agree. So, you're doctorate is from....?

[BenReeves88]

ur just a dick sucker

[ndrthrdr1]

I agree with the maker of this video.