It starts innocently enough: You go out with friends for a few drinks on the weekend. Soon, “the weekend” begins on Friday and lasts until Sunday. Maybe you’ve noticed you’re drinking more than you want to on any given occasion.
Are you becoming worried about your alcohol intake? Following are 10 signs you’ve lost control of your drinking.
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- It would help if you drank more and more to get the same feeling. Where you once felt tipsy after two glasses of wine, you now drink three or four before noticing any effect. This is called increased tolerance.
- You’ve switched from one type of alcohol to another to control your drinking. Maybe you’ve gone from hard liquor to beer or wine so that you won’t get drunk as quickly.
- You nearly always drink more than you intend to, and you drink until you’re drunk.
- You’re preoccupied with alcohol, obsessing about when you’ll get to drink next, or how you’ll get more. You hide stashes of alcohol around your home or in your car, so you’ll never run out.
- Your habit is harming your work life, social life, or family life. Others have asked you to quit or moderate your drinking. In response, you lie about how much you drink.
- You have trouble meeting your daily obligations, such as going to work or school or caring for family members.
- You’ve had trouble as a result of drinking, such as drunken-driving arrests or putting your job in jeopardy.
- You have hangovers after drinking or feel depressed. You drink in the morning to get rid of the shakes.
- You have blackouts when drinking. You can’t remember what you said or did, or how you got home.
- You can’t seem to stop drinking, no matter how much you want to or how hard you try.
These are some of the most common signs of alcohol abuse. If you think you have a problem, seek help immediately. Alcoholism is incurable, progressive, and fatal if left untreated. Recovery is also progressive and can result in a lifetime of abstinence from drugs and alcohol. You are not alone, and you do not have to suffer any longer.
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