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Functional alcoholism is most definitely a thing, and just because you're not drinking from sun up to sun down doesn't mean you're not an alcoholic.What do you guys think about alcohol consumption.
There seems to be this idea that only full blown alcoholics have an issue with alcohol. Which is logic that I flat out don't understand. Especially in terms of mental and spiritual health alcohol is alcohol.
Thoughts?
There are a bunch of questions that you need to ask yourself to evaluate whether or not you have a problem with drugs or alcohol: how much are you using? can you control your consumption? is your habit causing legal/financial/interpersonal/relationship/professional/health problems? are you abandoning your responsibilities or obligations in favor of using the substance? do you go through withdrawals without it? are you putting yourself in dangerous situations in order to use? etc.
You could very easily be a daily drinker while maintaining relationships and keeping yourself out of trouble, but the longer that goes on the more things start to fall apart until one of the problems inevitably rears its ugly head.