alcoholic?

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im 20 and for the past 10 months i've been drinking about 2 to 3 times a week. recently i had a relaspe in depression and i am finding i have many fine days but lately ive noticed my bad days are when i havnt had a drink for a few days. i get bad headaches and get really down and blue and start thinking bad thoughts. i crave alcohol really bad and even gotten to the point where i will drink at home by myself, the worst time being when i drank before i had to go to work. i admit i had a good day that day when the past few before that had been hell. i constantly want to think up different reasons to why i can drink and any excuse will do. last week i drank about 4 times, i didnt even get drunk for 3 of those times but it felt good to drink. also my mood have been really erratic, i find im fine one second and i snap and go off a people a second later. its affecting my relationship even tho he says he thinks everything is fine. im worried all these thing that are happening are from not drinking. i havnt had a drink in two days and as i wirte this all i can think about is having a drink. i came online to find out if my symptoms fitted with alcoholism but from my research i find they dont really but i guess im just wondering if maybe someone has had these problems before and can help me.
 
Kerdi:

I started out just like you. We can't tell you your an alcoholic only you can make that distinction. But, if you find you cannot function without a drink, you go through blue perioRAB between drinks and are only happy when you drink. Well you may be an alcoholic. Go to the AA website they have a questionaire that you can take that will give you the symptons of an alcoholic. You may just be going through a bit of depression, I am not a doctor so I can't say. You may want to talk to a person who specializes in this area. Its never to early to look into this, you may be saving yourself a lifetime of misery. I knew I was an addict years ago but didn't do anything about it till I was in my late 40's. Wow what a waste of time. But, I have no regrets cuz I finally got it and I couldn't be happier. Best of luck to you.
Take Care,
Lori
 
I agree with Lori - the earlier you seek out help, the easier it will be to realize your problem and to recover from it. Social drinking with frienRAB is one thing, drinking alone or before work is not a good sign. Check out AA meetings in your area and find one that suits your neeRAB. If you don't like one group - go to another group, until you find the help that you need. Listening to people who started out in your position and finding out how it effected their life could be a good wake up call. They are there to help.
 
thanks for your help. i've done some research and it seems i may be an alcoholic. but ive made a doctors appointment for monday to get some help. it scares and saddens me so much to know im onyl 20 years old and im an alcoholic, but im on the right track to fixing it and im glad ive realised before its too late. thank you.
 
Hi Kerdi, as Logalind said, you are the one that has to make that distinction. All of us lean on something at different times in our lives. I would suggest you look a little deeper. You are starting to drink for a reason. Something is going on and it is trying to work itself out or hide itself through drinking.
Since nothing is ever worked out by drinking the way you have described your beginning habits, I would look a little deeper. I'm not so sure I would call you an alcholic but, it is really good that you are aware of what is going on with you and that the possibility of things getting worse is there.
You always have a choice on how you wish to deal with life's situations. Maybe all you need is some help in dealing with your particular situation. There are real, learned ways to deal successfully with life's situations. Believe me, we all had to LEARN how to cross the street. Get some help in finding out why you have begun to behave the way you discribe and I would bet that if you deal with that your behavior will change. Good luck and many blessing, we all need them.
 
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