Why does drinking 2-3 monthly make me an alcoholic?

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smashleyy · Accepted Answer

could be the beginning of a problem. I started drinking at 15 on weekends and seen no issues cause I was just young and having fun. The first time I was 3 weeks sober after I started drinking wasn’t until I was 19, the only reason for that little sober streak was a deep depression to the point I couldn’t get out of bed. Even then I still wasn’t putting the necessary blame on my alcohol problem (that I was still denying) for my decline in life. It wasn’t until I was 8 weeks sober that I realized just how much my problems in life involved alcohol in one way or another. I was 9 months sober before I started drinking again in march 2023 and learned the hard way why alcoholics have to cut off drinking completely. I am only now just over a month sober. Drinking 2-3 times a week isn’t a problem but it is a slippery slope and can get dark quick while you're oblivious to it. I sure as hell was.

4ngelic · Accepted Answer

whoever said that sounds like so much fun lmao. 2-3 times a month at 24 isn't concerning at all.

you're only an alcoholic if you regularely get shit faced and its not something your doing anymore just to have fun at parties or with your friends, but something you find yourself doing alone and because you 'need' it to be happy/have fun/function/etc

WindAtMyBack · Accepted Answer

There are people who drink every day for years who aren't alcoholics. There are people who drink once a week who are.

It's not about how often you drink (although it's a factor). It's about whether you control the alcohol or it controls you. It's about how you handle drinking. Can you stop once you start? How do you act when you drink? Do you have full or partial blackouts? Did you drink more in the past? Does it negatively affect your life, or those around you? Are YOU concerned about your drinking?

2-3 times a month isn't much. I think it's very unlikely to be an alcoholic only drinking that often. Did someone tell you that you are an alcoholic? Did more than one person tell you that? Has anyone told you that you change when you drink?

MrGSpotHer · Accepted Answer

Because people might not know what a alcoholic is someone who drinks every day just to feel normal dependent on the alcohol to function and without it gets withdrawal symptoms that's quite extreme, also there are people addicted to binge drinking those who don't drink in the week and drink far more than an alcoholic would but all in one day and sometimes over the weekend but they drink excessively and damage themselves much more than a alcoholic does. I'm guessing your doing this type of drinking witch is alcoholism just the same even if you don't drink everyday and have no withdrawals..

MisterWack · Answer

If you drink alcohol only 2 times a month or 3 times a month and you know you can stop for a few months then get back to it, you aren’t an addict.

236color · Answer

Defining yourself as an alcoholic is a tough thing to do, especially if you're not in the gutter having shakes if you don't drink every day. When I got arrested for drunk driving, I wanted to split hairs, "I'm not an alcoholic, I have a drinking problem". After a little time I came to the conclusion it didn't matter what I called it. If drinking causes a problem in your life you need to stop. To me, 2 to 3 times a month doesn't seem like much, but when I was arrested I was drinking 6 days a week. If your only problem is someone else is telling you you're an alcoholic, you need to decide how much you care about their opinion.

TheRealPepperPotts · Answer

Because you are likely in denial about what's really happening. If you've been determined by professionals to be an alcoholic, it means nothing you say about the matter can be trusted. Alcoholics are in denial and refuse to believe reality because it's unbearable to admit the truth. You can beat it, though. Half the battle is accepting the diagnosis.

Skinhead-1979 · Answer

To be classed as dependent on Alcohol you need to drink at least a couple of glasses each day for the majority of the days of the week, weeks and weeks in a row... which will ensure that you can no longer function properly without having alcohol first.

HawkPerception · Answer

It definitely doesn't. Being an alcoholic is pretty much drinking every day to every other day. It also depends on how much you drink each day. I wouldn't consider someone who drinks a single glass of wine or a beer a day to be an alcoholic. I'd say it's when you get drunk every day

Lliam · Answer

It doesn't. Social drinking 2-3 times a month is fine.
Being an alcoholic means that you crave alcohol. When it's available you can't stop drinking. You get plastered. It starts effecting your life, your job, your relationships. You do crazy shit like driving drunk or doing dangerous sexual shit.

ProbablyClueless · Answer

I guess it would depend on the volume of alcohol you consume and how you behave when you've been drinking.

I've known people who get absolutely sloshed who I would consider functioning alcoholics, even though they don't drink super often.

DishLady · Answer

2 to 3 drinks a month? That's not at all an alcoholic. 3+ drinks daily... that's an alcoholic. Is there some new-age definition shift for this term too? Are we all alcoholic caffine addicts? Uuuugh.

OhLongJohnsoning · Answer

days? 2-3 days? monthly.. uh, i wouldn't think it would

However, it of course depends on what you're drinking too.

Keep in mind who's saying that to you too. A person who NEVER drinks, never had a drink in their life, might say that 2-3 a day, looks bad

nawtee_me · Answer

It is not the amount you drink or in how much time you drink them. It is more about your actions when drinking. Such as do you drink and drive and if so have you gotten tickets for it? Lost your license because of it? Got paid on Friday and broke on Monday because you drank all weekend long? Once you start drinking you don’t want to stop? If you answer yes to some or most or all of those questions then you may be alcoholic….

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Didn’t you admit to be a binge drinker to the point of passing out? And afterwards getting into all sorts of trouble? Then even once a year is too much.

Sharkstealth · Answer

It doesn't unless you are blacking out. Alcohol is bad for you. I used to excessively drink and now I hate Alcohol and those under the influence of it. Very annoying people.

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

If you are addicted and can't resist the alcohol, it doesn't matter how often you drink and how much. So you neee to ask yourself, can you go a month without alcohol?

kylee2437 · Answer

If people are calling you an alcoholic , then you are probably drinking more than you are admitting to

AviatorTom · Answer

Numbers do not make an alcoholic. An alcoholic has a need for alcohol, and cannot turn it down when given to them.

Big-Joe · Answer

It doesn't... unless your "2 to 3 monthly" is 2 to 3 gallons of alcohol monthly. If it is then yeah you got issues.

Staximus · Answer

You do stupid shit when you drink. You need to quit drinking because you can't handle your liquor. Whether or not you are an alcoholic is irrelevant.

Luckycharms12 · Answer

At your age was out 2 or 3 nights a week and I wasn't alcoholic. tell them people piss off mind there own business

Summeroflove · Answer

No. But if you’re making the choices you make sober. That makes it worse

LiamS95 · Answer

2 to 3 what per month? Shots? Which are 1.5 ozs. Which also equals 2 to 3 drinks as a drink equals one shot  Or 2 to 3 bottles? or 2 to 3 gallons?

loveslongnails · Answer

Wait... you're drinking 2 or 3 drinks a MONTH, and someone is telling you that you're an alcoholic? LMAO Whoever is telling you that is an idiot so pay them no mind.

just_a_potato · Answer

You aren't, whoever told you that is a hater. Bottoms up lovely 🥂

KostasKouvalis · Answer

I would say you're more of a binge drinker than an alcoholic

bobby_bush_eater · Answer

That's absolutely not an alcoholic. There's also a basic definition online from the CDC and I'm certain that's not qualified for it

the29thhuman · Answer

How many during those 2-3 times are you drinking?  People can have Alcoholism and not drink on regular basis

Anonymous · Answer

Depends on how much you drink during those 2-3 times.

Anonymous · Answer

How much you drink, or DON'T drink has nothing to do with whether or not you are an alcoholic.

Finchie40 · Answer

It doesn t , who told you it did?

exitseven · Answer

Who says you are an alcoholic?

Ms_Facesitter · Answer

No, just don't get stupid drunk every time.

Twalli · Answer

It matters how much you drink those times.

Predetor · Answer

I drink every day but I am not an alcoholic.

slatyb · Answer

Who said it does?

jahaims · Answer

It doesn't

Enes38 · Answer

I don't think so

Pterodon · Answer

Who says?

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

It doesn’t.

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