Question by Hi Ok Bye!: If someone drinks a glass of whiskey or two per day, isn’t it a start of alcoholism?
I noticed that my mom can’t skip a day without drinking Whiskey. She has two to three glasses a day. I always tell her “calmly” that she should stop drinking that much. But today I burst out and got angry at her, when I saw her drinking whiskey on lunch. I mean who has whiskey on Lunch?
She’s having more than 2 whiskeys per day. She’s not getting drunk, but if she continues that way, she might be on her way to alcoholism. Am I not right to feel concerned?
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Answer by Febin
yes it is
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If it stays at that amount then NO
If it goes up to 3 or more then it’s liable to increase further and it could turn into something worse.
Drinking a small amount of alcohol is good for your kidneys and bladder.
Large amounts are bad for both.
It’s what you don’t see her drinking that matters
Try and get her to drink red wine instead. A couple glasses of red wine a day is very good for the adult heart. If she’s gunna drink, let her make herself healthy too!
> If someone drinks a glass of whiskey or two per day, isn’t it a start of alcoholism? < No, not necessarily.
A person could have two glasses a day (you don’t say how BIG or ‘small’ they are !) could be just that, for the rest of their life …or otherwise.
However, if she ‘can NOT’ go ahead without a drink, then it is cause for concern, and you really ought o speak with her / your family Doctor.
Sash..
I believe if she feels she has to drink in the middle of the day she has a problem. and 2 or 3 glasses every day is too much I believe.. it’s ok when friends are around.. even a female friends and your mom has one or two glasses of wine.. That’s not alcoholism.. if one drinks it on occasion in a relaxed setting with friends around or just one friend and talks and both have some wine.. 2 glasses of wine or up to two glasses of whiskey on occasion.. but not on a daily basis and not when she is on her own…
I believe she has a problem and people who have a problem with alcohol are in denial for a very long time.. they are even very clever to hide bottles in the most unbelievable places.. one woman managed to hide from her husband that she was addicted to alcohol for 2 years.. she hid the bottles in the dirty laundy basket and as she was the only one doing the laundry, nobody would check there.. it’s like teenagers who take serious drugs, they find the most incredible hiding places for their drugs.. alcoholics do the same. They find excuses and they try to hide alcohol. Even in their shopping basket or in a thermos flask which is supposed to be full of tea or coffe.. they take some to work even.. if it becomes a real addiction they have to start in the morning to drink.. . then they use breath mints and anything possible to conceal the smell of alcohol on their breath… This can be dangerous if your mom is driving. You should talk to someone about that… Where is your dad? She may have stress or some other problems and deals with them by drowning them in drinking alcohol.. The root cause for her problems has to be found… ”did anything happen that might cause her to be more stressed or does she act unhappy often, is she nervous easily? Does she have mood swings? Is the relationship with her and your dad ok as far as you know? Does she have a sister or someone who is close to her, whom you could talk to about your concerns.. someone she might listen to before this gets out of control..Drinking alcohol between Christmas and the New Year and to drink more between the seasons.. is normal but if she does that on her own… that’s a sign she does it because she needs it.. Most families will have gatherings at Christmas time and on New Year’s Eve and there will be more alcohol consumed in general than for the most part of the rest of the year.. but that happens in a group of people sitting together and not alone…
Alcohol helps to make a person feel less inhibited and one ”can ”drown” ones sorrows” for a little while but it becomes an addiction if one drinks that much every day and then after a while like with presciption medication for certain things.. or real drugs or anything.. one needs more of it in order to get the same ”feel good factor” because the body and mind become addicted and also one develops a ”tolerance to ”drugs and alcohol” if taken on a frequent basis.. then one needs to ”up” the amount of alcohol’, the medication or the drugs, to get the same effect…
You have a right to be concerned.. but you are not responsible for her.. someone else should take charge .. you should be able to talk to someone who can help here… it’s not your job but you have a right to be concerned…and if she had 3 whiskeys.. she is not safe to drive a car anywhere.. she puts herself at risk and the lives of other people…x