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Originally Posted by NextToNormal
As mentioned in my new member post, I'm a drunk. I drink 2-3 drinks 5-6 nights a week. I average probably 15 drinks a week. I buy whatever the cheapest 80 proof liquor 1.5L there is at the time, just about every paycheck that I get. Though I recognize that I am a drunk, and a problem may come of it, I don't see any present problem with it. I only drink at night (after 7pm) and I never leave the house drunk. I have never drank at a bar, and I am not a violent drunk like my father was. The most of an *** I've made of myself drunk was trying to play PvP on League of Legends and having my entire team hate my guts. I am a loner by nature so I am not "missing out" on social occasions due to being a drunk.
So I apologize if this is an inappropriate question considering that most everyone here has an addiction of some kind, however I feel compelled to ask. In your personal opinion, is it possible to be a drunk without actually having a "problem" with substance abuse? Perhaps that's phrased wrong, of course it's substance abuse... Can I be a drunk without having a problem, per se? Does this question even make sense?
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I did not read all the responses here, I already know what people are gonna be saying, I've seen it enough times it's very predictable in forums. Here is the God's Honest Truth bottom line real deal,
if it's NOT disrupting or effecting your personal life and or work in any way, there is no problem. News Flash: some people can actually drink regularly and know when to stop!
I also buy either a liter or 1.75 liter of the cheapest whiskey or vodka, which ever, I like both. I drink them str8 up, mixing is blasphemy imho. I come home have a few shots never more then 4 usually only 2 or 3 and some nites none. It does not interfere with my social life, financial life, family life, work life, in any shape or form. And I been like that for the past 20 years at least. Amazingly some how I can stop drinking. Some times I do treat myself and get totally ***** faced. I don't consider myself a drunk or alcoholic.
Only you know if it's a problem for you or not. If it is a problem that's a different story entirely!