Sounds a lot like alcoholism.
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Maybe, but this is pretty common. Getting a drink to celebrate a good day, vs getting a drink after a bad day because you deserve it.
If either outcome leads to alcohol, that's problematic.
Okay, I hear you, start with alcohol. Got it.
not necessarily.
Nah if you can drink one beer and be done you're not an alcoholic.
If you're getting shitfaced every night that's a different story.
If you need to have a beer every night that sounds a lot like dependency.
Yeah but those are different things.
An alcoholic isn't gonna stop at just one.
And coming from an alcoholic I'd definitely prefer just drinking one per night.
Both are bad but one of them isn't gonna threaten your livelihood/life/personal relationships as much as the other.
EVERY alcoholic starts out stopping at one or two. I started out just having 1-2 after work.
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For me it's not so much that I want alcohol as it is I want to not be stressed out. Alcohol facilitates that. I can de-stress without it but I rarely have the time I would need to do after a workday. Having a beer/drink when I get home gets the ball rolling so I can enjoy things again rather than just sit around with fried nerves.
Yeah, that's alcoholism.
Um, no. Problematic use of alcohol, perhaps - "alcoholism" implies addiction, impact on relationships and rest of life etc, which is not implied in the previous comment. A lot of people use a beer or two to deflate after work or stress without it necessarily being a problem. You have to look at the whole picture.
Um, yes.
At least with a pretty high certainty, the "I can do without" is a lie. If you need alcohol that much to "de-stress", then you are functionally unable to live without alcohol. And that is extremely problematic.
Perhaps you should be a bit more cautious about diagnosing people you've never met based on very little information. You assume a lot and jump to baseless conclusions.
If you need alcohol that much to "de-stress", then you are functionally unable to live without alcohol.
The original comment describes a situation of constant stress, and alcohol as a shortcut to destress. That person even says that it's not the alcohol in itself that is desirable. Nowhere does this person talk about excessive consumption.
As an alcoholic, I can say with complete certainty. That some one who drinks everyday to "de-stress" IS one or very much is in danger of becoming an alcoholic if it goes on long enough.
Second, specifically mentioning "it's not the alcohol" is usually a huge red flag, it means they're worried they may actually have a problem and are over compensating.
As an alcoholic, I can say with complete certainty. That some one who drinks everyday to "de-stress" IS one or very much is in danger of becoming an alcoholic if it goes on long enough. Second, specifically mentioning "it's not the alcohol" is usually a huge red flag, it means they're worried they may actually have a problem and are over compensating.
I get that you are trying to be helpful here and that's a good thing, but I suspect you try too much to fit what OP is saying into the mould of your own experiences. And again, you assume too much and to boot, you assume that OP is lying, which means suddenly anything could be true or false.
some one who drinks everyday
OP does not drink every day.
Second, specifically mentioning "it's not the alcohol" is usually a huge red flag, it means they're worried they may actually have a problem and are over compensating.
Or it could actually be true. People simply use alcohol in this way because it works. It might end in a destructive pattern of abuse or it might not, but actual alcohol problems come with a lot of other symptoms and patterns, none of which are on display here.
Thanks for actually reading what I said.
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I disagree. I don't need that drink, it's just helpful because I don't have unlimited free time to do breathing exercises or run or whatever other stress management would otherwise work. I have maybe 1-1.5 hours after I get done with everything else I need to do to try and watch a show or play a game or something else that's fun and if I'm still stressed from work I can't enjoy those things. If I have to use other methods to calm myself first I won't have enough time to actually do the fun thing.
I rarely drink on weekends unless it's socially. It doesn't even occur to me to do so.
Soooo, you can't relax without alcohol.
That doesn't sound odd to you?
Did you even read my reply? I CAN, I just don't have enough time on a week night to do so. I've tried numerous methods of doing so and so far having a drink is what works in the timeframe required. I'm certainly open to suggestions for better alternatives.
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I'm an alcoholic and reading your replies you are definitely one too. "I can take it or leave it" is such an addict thing to say. Also drinking doesn't help with stress, it just kicks the can down the road making it harder to deal with in the future
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I was in this picture. One or two, maybe even three tall ones every evening, for years. And then I discovered untappd and drinking became gamified. A beer while watching TV can't be alcoholism, right?
For a while I'd been noticing things like a lack of energy and interest, bad sleep, being irritable and impulsive, and bad memory. After a while I had to take magnesium and other supplements. I just considered it all side effects of aging.
Now I've switched to alcohol free beer since about 2 months and every day I'm surprised how much better the QOL already is. I feel fully rested, feel more confident at work, can remember stuff my kids talk about. For lack of a word, I feel more present.
And that experience completely changed my opinion about drinking alcohol regularly.
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God gives his tastiest beers to his drunkest drivers.
Getting bevved is the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
"Did you ever, under the influence of alcohol, question the teachings of the Mormon church?"
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This is so real and is why I stopped drinking. It’s like uhhhh I can be apathetic without the expensive pisswater
Why you got to @ me like that bro?
Beer is delicious, but because it's not good for us we need excuses to drink it.
If you're wondering if I'm monologuing, have a personality disorder, or speaking to society as a whole, the answer is yes
Uh oh, they're becoming self-aware...
Quickly, arrange a social gathering! That way they have to drink.
Some drink to remember, some drink to forget.
Especially after the Euro 2024.
Yeah this realisation came about at the time I realised beer was taking more than it was giving, even when I wasn't getting buzzed.
Now I'm in this picture, but with like hibiscus vs camomille tea rofl
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I'm in this photo and I don't like it
Now there's a watermark I'd be in support of removing
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