If you can wake up start drinking and continue drinking through out the day without it being noticeable to others that you are toasted. Or when you wake up repeatedly not knowing what happened or how you got home, but you know you drove. And the best one, when your liver actually begins to hurt.
* You have problems at work or school because of your drinking. These may include being late or absent, being injured at work, and not doing your job or schoolwork as well as you can.
* You drink in dangerous situations, such as before or while driving a car.
* You have blackouts. This means that after a drinking episode you cannot remember what happened while you were drinking.
* You have legal problems because of your drinking, such as being arrested for harming someone or driving while drunk (intoxicated).
* You get hurt or you hurt someone else when you are drinking.
* You continue to drink despite health problems that are caused or made worse by alcohol use, such as liver disease (cirrhosis).
* Your friends or family members are worried about your drinking.
* You cannot quit drinking or control how much you drink. You drink more often than you want to, or you drink larger amounts than you want to.
* You need to drink more to get the same effect.
* You have withdrawal symptoms when you stop drinking. These include feeling sick to your stomach, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety.
* You spend a lot of time drinking and recovering from drinking, or you have given up other activities so you can drink.
* You have tried unsuccessfully to quit drinking or to cut back the amount you drink.
* You continue to drink even though it harms your relationships and causes you to develop physical problems.
* You drink in the morning, are drunk often for long periods of time, or drink alone.
* You change what you drink, such as switching from beer to wine because you think that doing this will help you drink less or keep you from getting drunk.
* You feel guilty after drinking.
* You make excuses for your drinking or do things to hide your drinking, such as buying alcohol at different stores.
* You worry that you won’t get enough alcohol for an evening or weekend.
* You have physical signs of alcohol dependence, such as weight loss, a sore or upset stomach (gastritis), or redness of the nose and cheeks.
Refusing to admit to an alcohol problem or being too sick to seek help.
* Having blackouts, which means not remembering what happened during a drinking episode.
* Continuing to drink alcohol despite having poor health.
* Not being able to take care of everyday duties because of drinking alcohol.
Someone who drinks a lot everyday.
Binge drinkers get home at night and pound a 6 pack or more
Maintenance drinkers drink all day long
Shit faced drunks are always plastered
There are many versions of an alchoholic.
When alcohol makes your life unmanageable.
If you can wake up start drinking and continue drinking through out the day without it being noticeable to others that you are toasted. Or when you wake up repeatedly not knowing what happened or how you got home, but you know you drove. And the best one, when your liver actually begins to hurt.
when u can’t be happy without aclcohol!!! idk lol
* You have problems at work or school because of your drinking. These may include being late or absent, being injured at work, and not doing your job or schoolwork as well as you can.
* You drink in dangerous situations, such as before or while driving a car.
* You have blackouts. This means that after a drinking episode you cannot remember what happened while you were drinking.
* You have legal problems because of your drinking, such as being arrested for harming someone or driving while drunk (intoxicated).
* You get hurt or you hurt someone else when you are drinking.
* You continue to drink despite health problems that are caused or made worse by alcohol use, such as liver disease (cirrhosis).
* Your friends or family members are worried about your drinking.
* You cannot quit drinking or control how much you drink. You drink more often than you want to, or you drink larger amounts than you want to.
* You need to drink more to get the same effect.
* You have withdrawal symptoms when you stop drinking. These include feeling sick to your stomach, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety.
* You spend a lot of time drinking and recovering from drinking, or you have given up other activities so you can drink.
* You have tried unsuccessfully to quit drinking or to cut back the amount you drink.
* You continue to drink even though it harms your relationships and causes you to develop physical problems.
* You drink in the morning, are drunk often for long periods of time, or drink alone.
* You change what you drink, such as switching from beer to wine because you think that doing this will help you drink less or keep you from getting drunk.
* You feel guilty after drinking.
* You make excuses for your drinking or do things to hide your drinking, such as buying alcohol at different stores.
* You worry that you won’t get enough alcohol for an evening or weekend.
* You have physical signs of alcohol dependence, such as weight loss, a sore or upset stomach (gastritis), or redness of the nose and cheeks.
Refusing to admit to an alcohol problem or being too sick to seek help.
* Having blackouts, which means not remembering what happened during a drinking episode.
* Continuing to drink alcohol despite having poor health.
* Not being able to take care of everyday duties because of drinking alcohol.
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A drug addict.