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My term of alcoholic: someone that needs a beer every day, and especially after work. Obviously its none of my business, but it feels like everyone is living the dorm-life again. What a shame. I just don't consider drinking a 12-pack as fun or exciting. At a party? Sure.
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Well in a society that has lost all spirituality, the next best thing to turn too is alcohol and drugs. I mean, life sucks for the majority of people and numbing yourself with externals is an easy way to deal with problems, at least temporarily.
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a couple of beers is different than getting hammered every night
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Yeah, life sucks for the majority and it ain't getting better with alcohol - that's my theory on it. What better does alcohol do for you? I haven't seen too many friends turn to drugs, which is mainly because of the costs involved. I noticed with alcoholics, you become a shell of yourself and have a lot of resentment towards people and even friends.
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a couple of beers is different than getting hammered every night
I don't know about that! If you feel like you NEED a beer every night, I think that leans a bit towards alcoholism. A buzz every night? Yeah, definitely!
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Very interesting
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If it doesn't affect the people around you, family, friends,people in your everyday life, it's not alcoholism.
Wanting a beer after a hard days work, even if it's every day isn't alcoholism, its your right.
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Yeah drinking is for looooossseeerrrsss
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Nice observation.
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a couple of beers is different than getting hammered every night
I don't know about that! If you feel like you NEED a beer every night, I think that leans a bit towards alcoholism. A buzz every night? Yeah, definitely!
Needing a beer every night is called a Maintenance Alcoholic, they might never, or rarely get blitzed drunk, but they need daily intake of alcohol.
And most of them will never admit that this kind of drinking affects their lifestyle, or those around them.
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so you never get buzzed or drunk, but because you drink a beer a night, you're an alcoholic. and that somehow affects the people around you. 
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Having a beer every night is like watching a TV show or using the computer every night. It is a minor habit that doesn't hurt anyone.
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The_Town_Perv posted:
If it doesn't affect the people around you, family, friends,people in your everyday life, it's not alcoholism.
Wanting a beer after a hard days work, even if it's every day isn't alcoholism, its your right.
Agree to disagree? But I agree that it's their right if they want to drink. Just don't expect a hot chick to jump on your lap or anything.
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Having a beer every night is like watching a TV show or using the computer every night. It is a minor habit that doesn't hurt anyone.
It makes you a shell and you resent everyone around you.
What are you, an idiot?
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a beer a night has even been stated to be good for you by the medical profession.
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Jezza_Belle posted:
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Brandun posted:
a couple of beers is different than getting hammered every night
I don't know about that! If you feel like you NEED a beer every night, I think that leans a bit towards alcoholism. A buzz every night? Yeah, definitely!
Needing a beer every night is called a Maintenance Alcoholic, they might never, or rarely get blitzed drunk, but they need daily intake of alcohol.
And most of them will never admit that this kind of drinking affects their lifestyle, or those around them.
I think it does affect their lifestyle AND those around them, but that's my 2 cents. What can you do when you're drunk? Just sit around the house or hope someone picks up your drunk ass.
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TickyAtack posted:
levgre posted:
Having a beer every night is like watching a TV show or using the computer every night. It is a minor habit that doesn't hurt anyone.
It makes you a shell and you resent everyone around you.
What are you, an idiot?
It must be the beer killing all my brain cells 
I hear listening to Korn has the same effect though.
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I knew when I was posting this I would get a lot of hate from ACF, so, I'm not surprised. And I'm not upset, either, if that's what you were hoping for.
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Jezza_Belle posted:
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[quote=Brandun]a couple of beers is different than getting hammered every night
I don't know about that! If you feel like you NEED a beer every night, I think that leans a bit towards alcoholism. A buzz every night? Yeah, definitely!
Needing a beer every night is called a Maintenance Alcoholic, they might never, or rarely get blitzed drunk, but they need daily intake of alcohol.
And most of them will never admit that this kind of drinking affects their lifestyle, or those around them.
I think it does affect their lifestyle AND those around them, but that's my 2 cents. What can you do when you're drunk? Just sit around the house or hope someone picks up your drunk ass.[/quote]
it isn't that the drinking itself affects their life, its that the being an alcoholic affects their life, their choices, etc. things you learn when you go to AA meetings, drinking is a byproduct of a disease with many facets. Simply getting sober doesn't put someone on the road to recovery, it's like trying to cure cancer by giving someone morphine for the pain.
Edit: Not everyone who drinks everyday is an alcoholic... but someone who NEEDS to drink everyday IS.
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Pretty much everything in my life is a byproduct of being bored.
Working out, drinking. Sometimes I get so bored I actually work.
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Jezza_Belle posted:
it isn't that the drinking itself affects their life, its that the being an alcoholic affects their life, their choices, etc. things you learn when you go to AA meetings, drinking is a byproduct of a disease with many facets. Simply getting sober doesn't put someone on the road to recovery, it's like trying to cure cancer by giving someone morphine for the pain.
Edit: Not everyone who drinks everyday is an alcoholic... but someone who NEEDS to drink everyday IS.
I always thought of it as the opposite. Interesting to say the least
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Pretty much everything in my life is a byproduct of being bored.
Working out, drinking. Sometimes I get so bored I actually work.
I suppose some would say "welcome to real life". Next step is a boredom reducing child.
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My fellow workers and I have a beer everyday after work with each other...it's called being social and bonding.
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Don't know if this is a SRS thread, or if I just got trolled reading this.
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Don't know if this is a SRS thread, or if I just got trolled reading this.
I wrote my answer from the bar while eating chicken wings (special night) with a few co-workers.
It's either good trolling or naivety.
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In Wisconsin, it's part of the culture to have a drink every day.
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I'm a coffee-aholic.
I NEED my coffee everyday.
I have a disease.
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I'm a drunk. I've been drunk 5 times in the past 2 years. I go months at a time without a drink, but I'm still a drunk. I don't worry about it anymore. If I had to drink everyday (which was never my situation), I would worry about it. Same as I had to stop getting shite faced 7 or 8 times a month like I was doing from 2005 - 2009.
Having a drink (or a couple) most days isn't a problem unless you think it is one. Drunks might lie to everyone else....but they know if they have a problem.
Social drinking isn't evil. It isn't a step away from being an alcoholic. It's simply an enjoyable break from the day for the vast majority of people who do it. The attitude on social drinking varies widely depending upon where you live. In most of the NE and upper Midwest....it's nothing. No more worthy of noticing than someone having a cup of coffee. In the south, it's an evil, horrible thing that means you are a drunk and probably beat your wife and kids. Probably why there are so many more asshat drunks in the south than everywhere else. If you think something is evil and makes you a horrible person....you probably will act like a horrible person when you do it.
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Doing anything on a regular basis is not a problem unless you forego more important things to do that one thing each day.
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Doing anything on a regular basis is not a problem unless you forego more important things to do that one thing each day.
But I want to use it as an excuse so that I can take my anger out on everyone and just pull the "it's a disease" card.
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My biggest worry about drinking involves the calories.
My second biggest worry involves the cost.
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My biggest worry about drinking involves the calories.
My second biggest worry involves the cost.
I read that alcohol actually does not add much weight, because your body does not use alcohol calories very efficiently. 160 calories in a beer is not the same as 160 of a food item.
The bigger reason alcohol causes weight gain is people eat more when they drink, sleep more, exercise less, etc.
Didn't find the article I read but wikipedia has a small entry..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_and_weight
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levgre posted:
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My biggest worry about drinking involves the calories.
My second biggest worry involves the cost.
I read that alcohol actually does not add much weight, because your body does not use alcohol calories very efficiently. 160 calories in a beer is not the same as 160 of a food item.
The bigger reason alcohol causes weight gain is people eat more when they drink, sleep more, exercise less, etc.
Didn't find the article I read but wikipedia has a small entry..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_and_weight
huh. that is completely opposite anything I'd ever heard about alcohol. thanks!
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Mangler_SC posted:
In Wisconsin, it's part of the culture to have a drink every day.
and a hunk of cheese
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who wants to bet the OP is a pothead?
inc pot is better for you thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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