If you drank 6 beers you were drunk. The fact that you don't show it, simply means that you have high tolerance, which is usually a sign of a drinking problem. And six beers 3 times in a week definitely exceeds the safe drinking guidelines for women, which are no more than 1 drink a day, with one day of complete abstinance a week.

Your psychiatrist is right to be concerned. Alcohol and psych meds do not mix. In some cases alcohol can negate the effect of the psych meds, in other's it'll accentuate it, with potentially deadly consequences.

I don't care if you're an alcoholic or not, only you can decide if that label fits you. Your Dr. obviously believes you can benefit from a treatment program - you might want to listen.

If you can quit on your own, Great - more power to you. Personally I couldn't I needed help - but that's just my experience.

Lots of psychiatrists won't work with patients who have drinking problems, it's not worth their time or trouble to work with patients who by the fact of their drinking are negating any benefit of treatment.

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