Are you an alcoholic?

[sasguru]

Most people in this country drink too much. The following are pointers to alcoholism

- needing a drink every day
- binge drinking at weekends (or the week come to that)
- not being able to stop at 2 drinks

It's true that liver disease (especially in women) is rising at an alarming rate. Also that alcohol has a lot to answer for in the current obesity epidemic. Alcohol is just useless calories.

Basically if you can't keep to a max of 2 drinks a day and cant have a few days off ocassionally, you have a problem.

[sasguru]

Tell that to Nelson's Navy - they didn't do too badly on it...

Most of them died in their 30s,40s and 50s.
HTH

[M_B]

I dont see the point in going to the pub for just two pints !

.... but then I don't go very often.

[Churchill]

Tell that to Nelson's Navy - they didn't do too badly on it...

Unfortunately the grog ration has ceased to exist...
(And t'was before my time anyhoo!)

It puts a fire in the belly and courage in your heart!

[Lucy]

Most people in this country drink too much. The following are pointers to alcoholism

- needing a drink every day
- binge drinking at weekends (or the week come to that)
- not being able to stop at 2 drinks

It's true that liver disease (especially in women) is rising at an alarming rate. Also that alcohol has a lot to answer for in the current obesity epidemic. Alcohol is just useless calories.

Basically if you can't keep to a max of 2 drinks a day and cant have a few days off ocassionally, you have a problem.

Even if someone only has two drinks a day, but that is all they think about obsessively then they too are alcoholic.

[Jog On]

I think there’s a problem with the drinking culture in this country, in my last gig in the city we’d go out for lunches and stay in the pub all afternoon sometimes. People would come in with stories of what they got up to the night before and how ‘cool’ it is to get absolutely paralytic.

You only have to go abroad to somewhere where they have designated English pubs and areas segregated off from the rest of the tourist areas so we can all self destruct away from the normal people.

[sasguru]

Even if someone only has two drinks a day, but that is all they think about obsessively then they too are alcoholic.

Clearly.
I'm quite bored with the childish alcohol obsession and antics.

[SallyAnne]

You might want to look at why you have the need to be so judgemental and controlling.

need I go on?

[Bagpuss]

Most people in this country drink too much. The following are pointers to alcoholism

- needing a drink every day
- binge drinking at weekends (or the week come to that)
- not being able to stop at 2 drinks

It's true that liver disease (especially in women) is rising at an alarming rate. Also that alcohol has a lot to answer for in the current obesity epidemic. Alcohol is just useless calories.

Basically if you can't keep to a max of 2 drinks a day and cant have a few days off ocassionally, you have a problem.

Exactly, I recognise I sometimes binge at weekends sometimes and aim to address it. There are some people in denial on this board that their daily drinking is not a problem. British people do not drink like the French. Looks like a hit a nerve with some that have drinking problems, look at yourselves guys and don't blame me!

[Lucy]

Clearly.

Borrowing from bagpuss's list of 'gay words' ?