Do i have a drinking problem????????!
Question: i had some bad news last week and every day since ive found my self buying lots of alcohol and doing some really un-safe things i walked home from a bar on monday extremley drunk i cant even remember doing this my mom told me about it. all i want to do is drink it kind of helps to a point but then i start thinking about it and get really upset and then drink more and get in more of a state i cant cope with the grief or pain i think i need help
Answers: i had some bad news last week and every day since ive found my self buying lots of alcohol and doing some really un-safe things i walked home from a bar on monday extremley drunk i cant even remember doing this my mom told me about it. all i want to do is drink it kind of helps to a point but then i start thinking about it and get really upset and then drink more and get in more of a state i cant cope with the grief or pain i think i need help
The alcohol does not seem to be your main problem at the moment. The drinking appears to be a kind of defence mechanism. You would do well to stop drinking in this way as soon as you feel strong enough. I myself took to alcohol after a failed relationship in 1998 and eventually became an alcoholic.
I would get professional help perhaps with a grief councillor of some kind. Don't let doctors give you antidepressant drugs - once you start taking them it is very easy to rely upon them for the rest of your life.
ur going through a rough patch but u need to get some help now before alcohol takes over ur life
Yes I think you have honey, but only you can truly answer that question.
Sounds like an escape hatch to me!! Doesn't work, does it?
you have 2 options try something more potent like marihuana, or go to a treatment program
Unfortunatley it sounds like you are starting to develop a drinking problem. An addiction is defined as anything that disrupts your life in any way- such as financially, emotionally, physically, etc. You obviously recognize you have a problem, which is good. Talk to your family and have them support you, and to your doctor. AA is always a good place to start because you will meet other people who have a tendancy to drink when things get rough. Also, look for other ways to cope, such as going to the gym. Find something to do that whenever you get the urge to drink you do instead. Good luck, you can pull through this.
sounds like you're using a negative coping strategy, why not change it for a positive coping strategy? something enjoyable that will help you through this hard time. Gym or exercise is a really good way of helping through low times.
Yes stop that behaviour now, its just destructive. You have taken a knock and you can see how quickly that can spiral.
Asking on yahoo is good because it seems by instinct alone you sense this is not constructive behaviour.
Walking home that night and remembering nothing is a definite warning.
Sorry things are not going well for you lately. Hope you get through it soon :)
The drinking right now is just a way for you to get away from thinking about the bad news. You need to talk with someone or find someone that can help you with the problem before it does become a drinking problem. Alot of time what is looked at as a drinking problem is the start of a habit. There is nothing in this world that can resolve a problem by drinking, it only brings on another problem without solving the first problem.
People rarely suddenly 'become' alcoholic within a week, but I think your drinking could possibly be described as 'problem drinking'. No lectures will help you here mate. Try talking to someone you trust about your problems.
search aamolly it is a forum. Very useful and helpful.
I think you are going through a really tough time and using alcohol to numb the pain. Try and limit the alcohol as last thing you want is to become addicted to alcohol and then your life be so messed up. Talk to your mum or pals and try and find some other way of coping as alcohol and walking home alone will just get you in trouble and not safe. Wish you well.
as a recovering alcoholic myself i can tell you if you carry on drinking like this you will become dependent! if you are already having memory loss,this is a sign of alcohol abuse.please please tak to someone you know you can trust and seek medical advice before its too late! believe me alcohol is not your friend and it will destroy your looks,health @ relationships if you allow it to abuse you! honest hon!!