17 Signs of an Alcoholic
17 Signs of an Alcoholic:
1. Health Problems
2. Trouble Sleeping
3. Hygiene Problems
4. No attention span
5. Weight Gain or Loss
6. Not eating enough
7. Always trying to stop drinking
8. DUI or other alcohol offense
9. Financial problems
10. Missing family events
11. Less attention to family
12. Always talking about drinking
13. Hiding drinking
14. Lying about drinking
15. Missing work
16. Hangovers and other symptoms
17. Always getting drunk
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These symtoms are not true. One can be a drunk, and work everyday, party all night, get drunk and high before work, and then do it all the time.
Comment by Freddy Molbagah :: January 2, 2008 @ 2:20 pmYou sound like an alcoholic my friend
Comment by FamilyHelpTree :: January 4, 2008 @ 10:06 pmHow do you know he is an Alcoholic? Because he stated that he can drink and go to work? i dont drink at all.. but i smoke marijuana almost everyday.. before and after work… and i work just fine… people who are addicted to something means they are using something they want to quit.. not using something which they have no intention in quitting… If whatever you such as drugs(alcohol included) gets in the way of your everyday life and you cannot function and you want to quit your bad habit, then it is Addiction… You sound like a bigot my friend..
Comment by Esteban :: February 5, 2008 @ 3:52 pmEsteban this is a typical point of view from someone who is looking to justify their actions. I can speak from personal experience that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that smoking marijuana causes you to be less motivated to work for your family whether that be in giving 100% effort in your job or in spending time with your family. Smoking marijuana every day is an addiction my friend but you are addicted to an action and addicted to selfishness whether or not the actual drug serves as an addiction for you or not. But that is not the issue here. The issue is alcoholism and I think many of your marijuana supporting friends would take issue with you comparing alcohol use to marijuana use as there is clear data of the physical and mental damages alcoholism causes. Drinking and driving is never a good idea. And I assume you drive to work….
Comment by FamilyHelpTree :: February 5, 2008 @ 10:56 pmDrinking is a social thing, and it’s purpose is recreational. It is intended to promote relaxation and pleasure. If you are drinking before and during work, you’ve got a problem. As for those old theories about working or driving better when you’re high…grow up. You are the one who thinks your talents improve with your abuse. I also believe that people who continue to abuse any substance is selfish, especially when they see how it negatively affects them and their families.
Comment by Sandra :: March 18, 2008 @ 5:38 amshut up.
Comment by chase :: May 27, 2008 @ 3:52 amlet’s get a drink.
yes, awesome. it’s nearly 5pm after work, high time to open my third beer.
Comment by jade :: June 19, 2008 @ 2:46 pmJade and Chase….. you may just be an alcoholic. Hopefully you will find that getting drunk is unnecessary and adds no value to your life and does not help you as a person.
Comment by FamilyHelpTree :: June 20, 2008 @ 10:01 pmEih…
that sounds a lot like me… I have trouble sleeping, recently I am experiencing some health problems, I have lost a significant amount of weight in the past couple of years, and getting drunk every now and then. Although a lot of these problems *are coincidental and do not have to do with the alcohol – eating, particularily. regarldess recently I have taken steps to more or less cut drinking out of my life (special occasions in moderation are okay), and I have been taking measure to eat more – although in my defense, I had no idea that vegetables had so little caloric value – and here I was thinking I was doing the healthy thing.
Comment by Kai :: July 22, 2008 @ 4:02 amI took your test and am ashamed to say that I hit 15 of the 17 symptoms. What is my next step?
Comment by boozer :: September 28, 2008 @ 6:39 pmim an alcoholic. i have to let the world know.. i hate living this way.
Comment by noname :: November 2, 2008 @ 11:47 pmim an alcoholic… and i love living this way. I control alcohol. Alcohol does not control me. I love drinking but i only do it max one time a month and never do anything stupid.
Comment by Drunky :: February 15, 2009 @ 3:38 amIf you are an alcoholic get help from friends and immediately enroll in a support group and alcoholics anonymous. Do some research online and at your local community center and most importantly ask for help to stop drinking.
Comment by FamilyHelpTree :: February 18, 2009 @ 6:12 pmAddiction – be it alcoholism (or anything else for that matter) is something that you continue to do, even although you know it is harming you.
That’s it.
Comment by Muric Campbell :: March 17, 2009 @ 8:14 pmAre you here simply to accuse people of being alcoholics? He may sound as though he was drunk when he wrote that comment, but the comment alone is no grounds whatever to judge whether someone is an alcoholic.
I like Sandra: selfishness is certainly often involved.
I like Kai. (But I also promote the eating of vegetables)
Give Jade and Chase a break – they’re just practicing a bit of levity. Their comments, though vacuous, are understandable in this arid environment, dontcha reckon?
Those people who want to do something about drinking: start off with a drinking diary – write down how much, when, where and with whom: identify trends and triggers and patterns and take little steps to break them. Use the drink diary to plan a projected slow reduction of your alcohol intake. try knocking off 1 drink every 2-3 days. throw away your special drinking glass. BREAK CONTACT with those people you only spend time with when drink is the focal point. DIFFICULT, but possible – it’s about priorities. Sit in a different chair at home from the one you always sit in to drink. Go to a different shop to get your groceries from the one you always used to buy drink from. fill your fridge with ENJOYABLE soft drinks and treat food. Do all the things FHT says about getting help. Go and get Liver Function Tests done at your doctor’s. Go for a walk every day. Get off drink using these methods. stay off completely for three months to give your battered liver and other organs a chance to recover a little, before getting another round of LFTs done to see if there’s any improvement. Get naltrexone or acamprosate if your doc will prescribe. get disulfram if your LFTs are not too high.
That’s It.
Thankyou for everything.
Comment by David Twattle :: May 2, 2009 @ 5:22 pmDDD
ex-drinker,
current mental health nurse and community alcohol detoxification specialist.
so there.
Help! I’m concerned about my husband whom I feel is an alcoholic; however, after a clean physical and the doctor mildly suggesting he reduce “a little” the amount he drinks, I’m having trouble helping him to see his drinking is out of control. He is truly a functioning alcoholic with no apparent physical harm done, but our kids and I see his personality difference when he’s been drinking. Out of the signs of an alcoholic, he is safe from several, which again convinces him he’s fine, yet he is on high blood pressure pills and anti anxiety medication, which I feel is a result of the drinking. Because I too drink, more socially, he throws my drinking up in my face when I attempt to address the drinking issue. A roofer, he stops at the bar daily and especially on half rainy days. Please suggest what I can do!
Comment by muffy :: August 8, 2009 @ 12:07 pmmy roommate almost burnt the house down the other night. i woke up to the smoke alarm and myself barely conscious going and turning off the stove with the soon-to-be blaze from a black charcoal which had been rice. i turned it off then went to his room and had to shout at him to wake up for at least a minute. he was completely comatose. he has left the front door wide open, and has a DUI and still drives drunk at times. Would he e considered an alcoholic. He only hit points 1, 8, 12, 16, and 17. I am going to talk to him today. he is still asleep because he barbacks at a bar and gets shitfaced almost every night.
Comment by ro ko :: November 22, 2009 @ 6:31 pm