You know you're an alcoholic when...

[BradyKelly]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

philsjerk;1412968 wrote: How about when you get tipsy and its late and just want more and more and worse you become another person whose a real a hole..

Oh, I always bought extra for later; e.g. a sixpack for the afternoon, and then a halfjack of vodka for when I woke up in the middle of the night after the beer wore off. Or, similarly, buy a halfjack on the way to the pub, for the same reason. Drink enough at the pub to get to sleep , but my elimination rate is phenomenal; I cannot pass out without waking up around 2am, with horrible withdrawals.

[maddiemadison]

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Has happened way to often

one of 7;356758 wrote: When you cancelled appointments because you are too drunk to go. i have used every lying excuse in the book - stomach bug, kid is ill, got dates mixed up, etc.......

And I also cancelled people coming round to visit me, saying i was ill, when the truth was i was too drunk to guarantee i wouldn't have passed out by the time they got to my home.

ugh!

I can so relate to this, i've had people over when I didn't cancel and gone to bed half way through dinner God what do you say to them afterwards, not good

[maddiemadison]

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Oh too many times

jessie;360189 wrote: You know you are an alcoholic when you start throwing empties through your car window when nobody can see you - and you are a person who hate it when people even chuck so much as a piece of paper out of the car...?

Your not the only one,

[maddiemadison]

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Several times

CS04;361568 wrote: I did.

BTW, if I posted something on one thread, how do I copy it into another thread -- so maybe it actually gets read? I tried and can't figure it out.

it seemed a great idea at the time and what I can recall rather pleasent too

[maddiemadison]

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Supermarket

Larisa;363428 wrote: The smug bastards at the liquor store always say, "See you tomorrow!"

Or you go to the supermarket and the guy that normally works at the bottle shops says, in front of people, so not drinking today

[JingleJo]

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Wow, can't believe how many of these posts I can personally relate to!

Some that spring to mind for me are:

Waking up having smashed right through a glass table backwards and having absolutely no recollection of falling in the first place or how long I had been there.

Hiding a half drunk bottle of wine... in my oven(?) only for my other half to find it the next day when he went to make dinner (why did I hide it in there I wonder?)

Getting 8 bottles of alcohol donated for a charity raffle me and my friend were doing (mainly whiskey and 2 bottles of champers) and drinking them all before the raffle took place (don't even like whiskey) and having to replace them all - financial ouch!

Hmm, so many things spring to mind - eeek!

[Andrew_CN]

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just a few of mine (all true):

* being afraid to open cupboards, look behing curtains, cos you know you have hidden empty bottles around that you were meaning to throw out...

* Passing out at the dinner table in front of family and ending face down on the plate

* plastic water bottles that never contain water, but are handy to take to meetings, carry in pocket

* drinking aforementioned 'water' before any situation that may require you to appear sober

* Mistaking one of your full water bottles for a real water bottle, and giving it to boss...in the morning...

* Having a drink because you are ashamed of drinking

* Getting locked out of the apartment when coming back with a bottle..drinking half bottle outside while deciding what to do..and then figuring out best way to get in through the window (note: 23rd floor apartment).... and trying to explain this after police haul you back inside...

* discovering wax fruit really isn't as tasty as real fruit...after a few bites

* Get out of bed only because you need to go get a drink, lie down watch the tv, drink, nap, figure at 430 why bother with a shower, order a pizza later (from restaurant that conviently provides beer with it), pay for it in your pyjamas with the wrong currency...after two slices, decide you have had enough, place box with all the other boxes, watch the same dvd that has been in player since 2009 since you can't be bothered to change it, finish beers, go to bed....and Repeat.. Repeat... Repeat... except on Sunday when you figure you may need a shower whether you need it or not

* Actually that cooking wine isn't too bad if necessary

* You know you have been shopping (cos there are lots of useful things in your cupboard - 10 cans of anchovies), but you don't know why or when or what possible use the large bag of dog food is going to be when you don't have a dog. Then remembering that you wanted to have something else in your basket cos you were too embarrased to go pay for just 6 bottles of AL (again)

* In Cambodia (or place any foreign country where you dont know the language) before going out to a business dinner, guzzle vodka. Decide to walk to restaurant. Wake up on side of road, with split face from walking into that tree that jumped in front of you, and staring at policeman trying to explain when you mysteriously have no ID and there is no common language...enjoying the hospitality of said countries 'drunk tank'......

I could go on....! sigh....

[Balboa45]

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No way I can beat all that Andy, glad you are here.

[matchee]

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When you take your 12 year old son to a baseball tournament 30 miles from home. You get so smashed in 4 hours that other parents eventually take your keys away from you and drive you and your humiliated son home after he won the tournament (thank God). This just makes you "hurt" and "angry" so you decide to keep the binge going for 3 more days until you are so sick people at work tell you to go home because "you look horrible and should see a doctor".

[Mootsbill]

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God Andrew I so know the water bottle trick! And if I was drinking in the day I always thought more would make me appear less drunk. Not taking into account the pale complexion, puffy eyes etc etc.
My head tightens when I think about my behaviour sometimes!

[Andrew_CN]

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Balboa - Thank you..and I don't think I would wish anyone to beat any of mine, though reading through the thread some of the stories..... The scariest one for me (looking back) was the whole incident of trying to break into my apartments window on the 23rd floor after being locked out...I still shudder at that one!

lol Moots, right, no one notices the complexion etc.

On the other hand there was a period in the past when I managed to go a few days AF and actually started looking 'less drunk'. Someone I had recently met (in other words prior to my AF days) said to me after a few days of my not drinking 'hey, you ok? you don't look yourself'...that really hit me where it hurt!

With the water bottle routine, since I couldn't easily decant sometimes since my hands often shook(depending upon the time in the morning....) I used a funnel for the bottle, but first put the bottle in a bowl, that way if any is spilled, you can still drink it from the bowl. Daren't waste it right? Actually I seem to remember I still spilled some even then on the counter...but that can be solved with a straw of course.

Reading through many of the other posts on this thread, I think that we are a creative lot when it comes to ensuring that not a drop is wasted.

Ack..someone mentioned it a few times in earlier posts..there is enough material in this thread for a book. We are all fighters and I for one am very, very ashamed of a lot that I have done under the influence, but I also try hard to keep a sense of humour and try to be optimistic...hope is a powerful thing.

[Mootsbill]

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Being an addict requires a lot of creative behaviour, god I could be so sneaky! And the lies are crippling. I really want to protect my quit this time x

[MonaCat]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

When you joined this site in 2008 and you are still drinking....OMG

[DriftyAlison0]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

When peeing in a trash can seems a good idea for a moment in front of your mother and brother because your drunk, have to pee, and don't care.

[matt2d2]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

when u pass out in the summer in your deck chair and discover it's possible to get a sunburn on your tongue