You know you're an alcoholic when...

[ancon]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Wow. This thread is amazing! Took me 2 days to read through the whole thing.

...when you are out with your husband and meet some new people and you get so drunk you think it is ok to start drinking the leftovers and still half-full glasses of everyone else's drinks!

...when you lose your job and you and your husband decide to "cut down" on frivolous spending. Your idea of cutting back is to buy a case of 2-buck chuck (that's 2 dollar bottles of wine for those who aren't familiar with Trader Joes) instead of the more expensive ones at the grocery store.

[timetofly]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

I went to the winery for a friend's bday. Wine gives me instant, intense heart burn. I also have felt like crap all week. So while I would like to pat myself on the back for it, it wasn't hard to abstain. So I was the designated driver.

When I said I wasn't drinking b/c of being the DD, 10 jaws dropped to the floor. "YOU'RE the designated driver????"

[rokka]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

OMG, asking your neighbour for grog because you ran out is just ..I don't know..so far out. I am sorry, but I just laughed when I read that. You were probably standing there, pissed as, reeking of AL ,oh far out, the things we do to get a drink.

Rokka

[beautifulred]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

u know your an alcoholic when u have to have a shot of vodka at 7:45 AM on Sunday before mass just to be able to get up the isle to communion......

[byebyebridgetjones]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

.............when you spend the night losing your mobile phone, and have to keep calling it yourself to find it.
When you wake up in the morning and see '6 missed calls' , you conclude that you are being stalked.

[paula]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

When you go to AA meetings and realise your behaviour is worse than anyone else's in the room.!

[paula]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Addit. Was worse, I have now been sober three months, and would'nt be celebrating the fact if I were not an alcoholic. (feeling very pleased none the less).

[colbe]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

brittzak;355660 wrote: Oh man Dolphin!!!!! I thought i could bust a lock of a door with a car battery! My idea was to through it up in the air high enough to smash the lock off....all I did was smash the battery right in to my leg..bruise from knee to butt cheek and half-way around my leg....OUCH!

Wondering why you have the bruisses, every morning!

[Gearhead]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

When you have beer with breakfast.

When you are acutely aware of what times you can legally purchase alcohol in your area.

If you have EVER drank while driving a car. At least in my state that is grounds for DUI regardless of BAC level.

If you are afraid of company seeing empty alcohol containers or the bottles clashing when your garbage is picked up.

[azmtnbiker]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Great thread. I can relate to way to many.
I still try to hit different convience stores so they don't think I am a drunk.
-being denied AL after walking 2 blocks to get it because you were too drunk to provide correct payment. I was trying to use my work ID.

[tassimo]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Not asking any questions the "day after" so I didn't have to admit I remembered NOTHING

"pre-drinking" before every social occasion, so that by the time everyone else has started drinking, I am drunk enough to sip my cocktail like a normal person...

being verbally abusive to my husband in front of his friends...that is the one I am most ashamed about...

[Qwerty]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

You know you're an alcoholic when ...
You continue drinking after you vomit.
Your burps taste like what you're drinking.
You close one eye while driving so that you can see the road better.

[tawnywitch]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

not remembering whether I made love to my husband of 32 year's the night before, how shaming is that I hope he never know's,

[bloggy]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

azmtnbiker;720653 wrote: Great thread. I can relate to way to many.
I still try to hit different convience stores so they don't think I am a drunk.
-being denied AL after walking 2 blocks to get it because you were too drunk to provide correct payment. I was trying to use my work ID.

Having worked in a store for the last year (free now thankfully) I would like to share something for all those you think that rotating stores is a good idea. (I was a great store rotator- one of the best) but when you are working in one, it isn't the fact if someone comes in once a week and buys one bottle of wine, or every other day and buys just one beer, what grabs you is the fact that every time they come in they buy alcohol.

So for all the store rotators- you are wasting your time! You might as well just go to the same one every day, the assistant doesn't notice how often, just that you always pick it up.

I had one lady that one time didn't get her usual stash- she just bought groceries, and I nearly asked her if she had forgotten it. I didn't ask, but the next day she was in for it again- I really felt for her because I guess she was white knuckling an AF.

[beagle]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

when the number of empty wine bottles in the garbage far outnumbers the empty dog tins ( we have 3 large dogs)
when you lock yourself in the tiolet & pass out curled up on the toilet mat
when you can't remember driving home & then realise the tyre tracks going off the gravel road & nearly into the bush are yours
when your dog seems to be driving you home pretty often