How can you tell if a person is an alcoholic?

What are some signs to know if a person is an alcoholic?


9 Responses

  1. John Doe says:

    alcohol don’t affect them, they’re drinking it like water.

  2. wetdreamdiver says:

    They visit A.A. weekly…us drunks don’t go to meetings!

  3. wisrebel13 says:

    Well they act like a x-boss i used to have! They think they know everything and have a nametag saying asshole applied to their shirt

  4. matzaballboy says:

    the vomit on their pants or shirt and they really don’t care about it

  5. Marsha L says:

    Signs of alcoholism are:

    -Making excuses to drink

    -Lack of control over drinking, an alcoholic may not drink for months or years, but when they do, they have difficulty stopping.

    -Excessive alcohol consumption

    -Denial of drinking problems

    -Tolerance to the effects of alcohol, an alcoholic person is able to consume a great amount of alcohol, before showing any signs of drinking.

    -Feeling annoyed when criticized about drinking

    -Keeping and hiding alcohol in unlikely places

    -Drinking first thing in the morning to avoid hangover

    -Showing aggressive behavior while drinking

    -Driving under the influence of alcohol

    -Solitary drinking

    -Unexplained mood swings

    -Missing work

    -Losing interest in social activities

    -May experience paranoia, unnatural fears or contemplate suicide

    -Neglect of physical appearance

    -Impaired memory, forgetting what happened during drinking episodes

    -Depression

    -Difficulty with thinking clearly, confusion

    -Irritability

    -Eating disorders, poor diet

    -Sleeping disorders

  6. Nonoss says:

    from Wikipedia : “Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholic’s normal personal, family, social, or work life.”

  7. elaeblue says:

    When alcohol starts to interfere with personal and professional relationships.

  8. bill_ray56 says:

    One sign is,, the 500 beer cans in the back of his truck
    The 3 DUI’S The finder that was tour off his truck when he was driving drunk and hit a tree
    Or when he comes homes and beats you for asking him if he is all right
    Or if you have to clean up after he throws up all over the place
    Or when he comes and you watch him beat your Mom half to death Or you have nothing to eat be four you have to go to school, because he took the food money,,
    Or you can’t leave the house because he sold your new shoes
    Or your Mom can’t take you to the Dr because he sold the car to buy more beer
    I guess you could say that the A** Hole is a Alcoholic
    Good Luck

  9. dwntwnbadboy says:

    There are no true signs to tell if a person is an alchy or not! There is a big time difference between heavy drinkers and alcoholics. It dosent matter how much a person drinks, its what the booze will do to them, and if they will ditch it for big time matters(parenting, work, school Etc) If ya go by the AA way of saying someone is an alchy, then everyone you know is an alchy…..I understand the denial part of the disease, but any alchy knows they are one, and some would sooner live the 2 years less and have fun with the stuff, others would sooner drink coffee and sit around with dudes that have wore the same shirt/jacket for 15 years.

    The way I see it, everyone has a choice to drink or not, and if a person is mentally fit, they can do what they want! So unless you can get into their mind and see what they feel……leave it alone, because if they need help, they will get it!

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