When you start drinking (moderately) every night.....ARGH

[The Black Flash]

Half a bottle of red + a beer every night is a bit more than "moderate", IMO. Unless I'm more of a lightweight than I thought

[okgo]

Cut the beer and just have a smaller glass of red.

[Justayellowbadge]

hora said:

I am....addicted. Not an Alcoholic but definitely addicted.

Read that back when you sober up.

[iain a]

Working on my half bottle of red at this very moment. No one is going to spoil it are they??
BTW it is a Saddleback Pinot Noir - a central Otago product, and very nice too.

[Cara van Man]

hora said:

I am....addicted. Not an Alcoholic but definitely addicted.

Isn't that a contradiction in terms?

Surely if if you are addicted to alcohol you are an alcoholic?

Not a raging, dribbling, red faced, Alex Ferguson lookalike, but an alcoholic all the same.

Good luck with giving up. If you do we'll have to go out and celebrate.......ooops.

[KrazyIvan]

hora said:

I am....addicted. Not an Alcoholic but definitely addicted.

what exactly do you think an Alcoholic is? It has nothing to do with the volume you drink but your dependancey on it.

Do you yourself a favour, and knock it on the head now before it gets much worse. Start looking at other ways to help you get to sleep, sex or pills take your pick

[Bing o]

hora said:

okgo said:

Cut the beer and just have a smaller glass of red.

Aye- will do next week but am going to have Monday-Friday off the booze. Luckily the little lad has made me a 'lightweight' when I go out (i.e. sleepy by 10pm!).

I am worried though. Hope I can drop my blood pressure without resorting to drugs

I was doing the same - have now cut back on the boozing and sleep a lot better. It takes a while to get back to normal, but it's so much better for you, and I am almost productive at work these days...

[killsta]

KrazyIvan said:

hora said:

I am....addicted. Not an Alcoholic but definitely addicted.

what exactly do you think an Alcoholic is? It has nothing to do with the volume you drink but your dependancey on it.

Do you yourself a favour, and knock it on the head now before it gets much worse. Start looking at other ways to help you get to sleep, sex or pills take your pick

Obviously you're only an alcoholic when you're dependant on alcohol.

Oh no, wait......

[Justayellowbadge]

I've said it before, but heroin really takes the edge off alcohol cravings.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Thursday 26th August 09:53

[Timmy35]

hora said:

KrazyIvan said:

hora said:

I am....addicted. Not an Alcoholic but definitely addicted.

what exactly do you think an Alcoholic is? It has nothing to do with the volume you drink but your dependancey on it.

Do you yourself a favour, and knock it on the head now before it gets much worse. Start looking at other ways to help you get to sleep, sex or pills take your pick

I'll take sex please

Looking at the OP is that not off the menu at present?

[Muzzer]

Giving you the benefit of the doubt, you might not be addicted - just in a routine and used to it.

If you drink every night, your mind gets used to that and you crave it a bit. It doesn't mean that you can't function - it's just your brain at 8pm (or whenever) saying to you that it's drink time as that's what it's used to.

People have the same thing with junk food or chocolate or anything else that they have regularly.

So, addicted is probably too strong a word. As long as you're not downing a bottle of vodka a night and waking up with a glass of sherry to brush your teeth with, I'd not worry.

[gilla]

I used to drink a couple of bottles of wine + about 5 nights a week. Never had a problem with it, don't suffer from bad hangovers. Didn't help me sleep though. Stopped about 8 months ago and didn't find it a problem after the 1st week just had to find other things to occupy me.

It's just a habit really and like others takes a bit of willpower to break. I wouldn't personally class what your doing as alcoholism or addiction, just a habit. That may well be wrong in medical/professional terms but anything can be habit forming if it become a part of your routine. Getting used to your change of routine is the key. Good luck.

[TonyHetherington]

hora said:

I quit smoking in '99 and since then my alcohol consumption ramped-up. Yes I think I replaced one addiction with another and maybe if I am struggling its because I am heading down the road to alcoholism.

I noticed when I quit smoking I, literally, doubled how much I drank.

I worked out it was because, way back when you could smoke in pubs, it would be....drink.....smoke.....drink.....smoke. All good, then I stopped smoking and it turned into drink....drink....drink.

[JFReturns]

Exercise will help you sleep, relax and feel good without resorting to alcohol. I imagine it will help with the blood pressure too.

[Cara van Man]

hora said:

Yes I think I replaced one addiction with another and

Me too. I gave up having sex with my wife when we married and now I masturbate almost twice as much.

[Justayellowbadge]

Cara van Man said:

hora said:

Yes I think I replaced one addiction with another and

Me too. I gave up having sex with my wife when we married and now I masturbate almost twice as much.

On the bright side, you're now having sex with someone who actually likes you, which must be an improvement of sorts.

[Cara van Man]

Justayellowbadge said:

Cara van Man said:

hora said:

Yes I think I replaced one addiction with another and

Me too. I gave up having sex with my wife when we married and now I masturbate almost twice as much.

On the bright side, you're now having sex with someone who actually likes you, which must be an improvement of sorts.

Sort of. That's if the self loathing doesn't put me off my stroke(s).

[Neil H]

JFReturns said:

Exercise will help you sleep, relax and feel good without resorting to alcohol. I imagine it will help with the blood pressure too.

It's less fun than drinking though.

I like a couple of glasses of wine every night, I don't consider it excessive really.

[KrazyIvan]

Cara van Man said:

Justayellowbadge said:

Cara van Man said:

hora said:

Yes I think I replaced one addiction with another and

Me too. I gave up having sex with my wife when we married and now I masturbate almost twice as much.

On the bright side, you're now having sex with someone who actually likes you, which must be an improvement of sorts.

Sort of. That's if the self loathing doesn't put me off my stroke(s).

Can you not sit on your hand till it goes numb and pretend its some one else.

[Cara van Man]

Neil H said:

I like a couple of glasses of wine every night, I don't consider it excessive really.

Me to.