openseason could you respond please. - Addiction & Recovery Message Board

#1Texan · 03-14-2003, 02:43 PM

Quote: There is only one question you have to answer.
If you yourself think that you "may" be an alcoholic, then you are one. Social drinkers never have this issue. Alcohoism in the beginning is a disease whose bonds are so loose they cannot be felt..later they become so tight the cannot be broken.

I said to you: I think therefore I am.

Why is it you don't respond to that? I would like a more detailed explanation of this.

#1 Texan

openseason · 03-14-2003, 02:52 PM

Do you mean you think you are an alcoholic? If you

have wondered if you are an alcoholic then you have a

drinking problem. This question is one of the tests

that are used by alcoholism counselors. I dont know

the history of it but the alcoholic himself is the only

person who knows how his personality reacts when he

drinks alcohol. Any change in personality after

drinking is a sign of alcoholism. Any blackout is

a sign of alcoholism. From what you have written

I would say you are an alcoholic, if thats any help.

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GinaLee · 03-14-2003, 03:10 PM

OpenSeason:
I disagree; misinformation can also cause a person to wonder about such things. Wondering and/or asking the question does not tell the tale so cut and dry as you would like to believe.
You have a tendency to lump everyone in your specified categories. This one asks... she's toast, throw her in that pile. This one is recovered...hmmm; put him in the "on hold" pile.
Do you ever think of people as individuals?

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Gina

openseason · 03-14-2003, 05:25 PM

Gina: All I have to go on is what Texan wrote in her

various posts. I did not say she was toast. Just

because she may be an alcoholic is not the end of the

world. All she has to do is quit drinking for six

weeks and see how she feels. Certain symptoms are

black and white with alcoholism, you understand that.

GinaLee · 03-14-2003, 06:05 PM

Now there you've lost me. How will not drinking for six weeks determine anything?

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Gina