Is it an amount per/time or a state if mind? Ability to function or not one drop?

  • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com
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    3 days ago

    It’s a slippery one

    One can have a drinking problem without being an alcoholic

    Alcohol addiction is more dangerous than people realise. Going cold turkey can kill

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      One can have a drinking problem without being an alcoholic

      I have never seen that, what you are probably referring to are high functioning alcoholics, alcoholics who manage to present a solid facade, while behind the scenes their issues are building up until everything blows up.

      High functioning alcoholics should be rebranded as explosive alcoholics, all it takes is a small mistake and everything unravels.

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        I’ve seen people who don’t drink for a month and then drink themselves into stupor. I think that’s some sort of drinking problem but not alcoholism