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[Needtogetbetter]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

jane27;1630965 wrote: Was gardening on a sweltering august day, when my husband took an agressive, multi-gulp swig of my Poland Spring. For a solid thirty seconds, he looked like a cartoon character and I thought his eyes might pop out. All I could say was "whoops". After than I always put a colored hair elastic around any "water" I was drinking. There wasn't an ounce of water contained in my bottles of Poland Spring.

Oh my! The cartoon look on his face is funny, but you must have felt your gut sink. Oh, the thing we do to be sneaky.

[K9Lover]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

jane27;1630803 wrote: Raise your hand if you've arrived lit to the dentist and then tried to be the life of the party (over the sound of the drill and despite the set of hands & water suction thingy in your mouth). K9? Where's K9? Byrdie?

:wow3: I have to say you got me on this one!!! Probably because I never went to the dentist during my drinking days. At least you were still trying to take care of yourself...I just gave up!

I did however manage to fit 6 bottles of beer into my red parka to take into the movies. I'm sure I was clanking all over the place, but I didn't care as I was already 6-8 beers in before even getting there....:toasted:

[Needtogetbetter]

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Shoving a few plastic pints in the lining of your suitcase to visit a Muslim country because you knew there was wine but wine isn't your thing. Then sweating like a pig until the guy at customs waves you through. The only thing that makes this funny is that I met another woman who did the same. :H We became fast friends.

[Needtogetbetter]

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K9Lover;1631204 wrote: :wow3: I have to say you got me on this one!!! Probably because I never went to the dentist during my drinking days. At least you were still trying to take care of yourself...I just gave up!

I did however manage to fit 6 bottles of beer into my red parka to take into the movies. I'm sure I was clanking all over the place, but I didn't care as I was already 6-8 beers in before even getting there....:toasted:

:l My husband does the beer under the coat thing and he's a social and moderate with drinking but six! That's a feat.

And on the dentist thing: I went to ever doctor but the family doctor. Teeth? Great. Eyes, good shape. Dermatologist? Yup (AL makes a girl look old). But no one that could expose me.

[available]

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:argh:

Oops supposed to be bump, sigh

[frances]

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You are at a church meeting and the empty wine bottle (single serving size) you drank on the way home from work falls out of your purse onto the floor in the middle of a circle of people!!

[NoSugar]

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jane27;1634418 wrote: You feel a mixture of loss, mourning & nostalgia when you see the drink specials written in colored chalk on the chalkboard at restaurants.

Jane, you need to try to change those thoughts! Don't look through those rose-colored glasses that AL tries to make you wear! See those drinks for what they are - poisons that will take away the life you want and deserve. I think about the people who feel like they need those drinks and feel sorry for them. I'm so glad to be out of that prison.

[K9Lover]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

...when the Beast can still sneak up on you after 2+ years sober.

[paulywogg]

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Frances,i can relate,i tried to smuggle an open tall can into the doctors office!! figured i'd finish it off in the bathroom,well i dropped my purse in the lobby,beer went everywhere,asinine behavior

[MossRose]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

when you let the dog out (fenced yard, beautiful summer evening - so not cruel), and then pass out for two hours from too much wine. In the meantime, your beloved dog barks non-stop at everything, so by the time you wake up from your drunken stupor, you have 20+ angry texts and calls from your neighbors (mostly one neighbor, but I digress). oops. Dog was fine, but I was too embarrassed to go outside for a week. Yeah - the good ol' days.

[mama bear]

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omgeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I snuck beers into my purse from a party where hubs couldn't see and drank them later in my closet

[paulywogg]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

I think we all have had that huge beer smuggling purse at some point,haha

[K9Lover]

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For me it was a big red parka (coat). It had about 6 pockets and I could easily fit a 12 pack of cans in there. And I had no shame in cracking them open at a movie theater either (or leaving behind the empties).

[Byrdlady]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Yes, Jane, Tylenol is bad for your liver!!! :H:H:H

[available]

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