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Advice regarding alcohol....
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I'm writing this in a state I wish not to be in....I'm drunk....again...I'm wasted on a weeknight considering using flex time to compensate for tomorrow. Is this a problem if it's never turned into a problem? I hope that makes sense. I look to H/A for advice because I believe someone here has to have dealt with a problem similar, and if not I'm content to write this to nobody in particular.....I work at an engineer firm and I know I'm not the first to come in hungover, but I do not want to be that guy...I don't want to be the person who has a problem, but in my line of work it would be an exception.... Yet that doesn't make it ok....H/A needed.....
TL:DR: I'm drunk and have done this before, is an imminent stop to drinking the only solution? Is the fact that I'm a social drinker a reasonable out?
TL:DR: I'm drunk and have done this before, is an imminent stop to drinking the only solution? Is the fact that I'm a social drinker a reasonable out?
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If you're getting drunk on a weeknight and seriously considering coming to work hung over, yeah, that's a sign you might have a problem.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Correction, if you are getting drunk on a weeknight by yourself or if you feel that to have a good time you need alcohol ie. you can't just go out with friends and not drink while they drink. That is a sign of a problem.
Blowing off a little steam on a weeknight and coming in hungover occasionally isn't a cause of concern, it's how regular you are doing it which is.
Satans..... hints.....
Wait, you managed to log in the forum, find the right section, and make an almost typo-free post ? You're hardly drunk.
Move along, move along...
this all boils down to you and what you want to do. you dont have to stop drinking altogether, just be responsible for yourself. if you dont like feeling drunk (either during the week or even at all) then just dont get drunk. it sounds like you're at a stage when you can still get off that particular pony with ease.
i'm not saying to brush it off, because problems with alcohol dependency can quickly develop, but it doesnt seem like you have any more of a problem with drinking than any other casual/social drinker
just relax, if you dont want to get drunk during the week, then dont... if you want to go out and be social, then just have a couple or enough to get you up a little and then stop. you'll be alright.
And don't trust any of those "are you an alcoholic?" tests put out by AA, MADD, and their ilk. I took a couple of those at one point, just for shits and giggles, and got "you are definitely an alcoholic (I answered eight questions as "yes" on a 20-question test for which 3 meant you were definitely an alcoholic)," and "you have a severe alcohol problem." Keep in mind that I was completely honest with the test, came out that solidly alcoholic, and hadn't had a drink in 6 months.
More importantly, IMHO is how much are you drinking, when you drink?
One drink a night, every night isn't too bad. Some would even say its good.
Ten drinks 3 nights a week well, that's an issue.