Am I an Alcoholic?

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I do not know if this is addiction. When I don't drink, I don't find my body telling me that I need alcohol in me. I don't experience any shakes or anything. But I do find myself not wanting to actually do anything social unless it involves drinking. And when I do drink, I get drunk out of my mind. I become extremely social rather than shy and reserved and make a bunch of frienRAB that I never remeraber because I always black out. It seems that once I start drinking I always want to have another drink. Usually I am so sick the next day that I am in bed for the whoooole day. I tell myself that I drank way too much and that I shouldn't drink, but once I've gotten over the sickness and the erabarrassment about what I may have done while intoxicated, I am okay with drinking the next time I can. I don't know if this is addiction or if it just means I can't handle alcohol. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced struggling with trying to define if they are an alcoholic or not, and I would appreciate any feed back!
 
The term "alcoholic" seems to have many different meanings. I wouldn't focus on whether or not you meet someone else's definition of "alcoholic."

Instead, focus on whether you want to keep doing what you're doing. If it's affecting aspects of your life--relationships, health, safety, financial stability, employment, etc.--and you keep doing it even after recognizing the effect, well, then it's probably something to be concerned about.

Personally, if I were to "always black out" every time I drank, I'd be a little concerned. Although, that's now. Some of my college years were a little different...

Keep in mind, though, routine blacking out is undoubtedly going to have an affect on some of the above-mentioned concerns at some point in your life--if nothing else, your health.
 
you sound alot like me when i drank. there is a great old saying "i take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, and that drink takes a drink...." and then we find ourselfs in a blackout, sick in bed, and beating ourselfs up for being weak again. your smart, you know the truth to the question you ask. i know its a hard pill to swallow but with help you can leave drinking behind. you know your own deep truth.
 
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