Am I an Alcoholic? - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Kuan · #31 08-03-2006, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete Geither

Be a little bit careful about confessing any alcohol issues with your physician,,,, unless you are on the stretcher, suffering from the DT's. Here in Pa. a fellow told his doc he drank a 6 pack a day. The doc told the state and his license was immediately revoked.

A year later he still hadn't gotten them back.

The doctor should have had his license revoked. Whatever happened to doctor/patient confidentiality?

Carleton Hughes · #32 08-03-2006, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Botnst

Being an alcoholic and having an alcohol problem are usually related, but not necessarily. For example, if I were a teatottler and my wife had one drink every month or so and we fought over it, then both of us have an alcohol problem.

If alcohol interferes with your life or the life of people you love, then you have a problem (or if you get drunk and drive 80 mph, oopsie, 'nuther thread ...).

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Moderation is the key,nothing wrong with a good buzz,BUT.....

A couple of cocktails and you will perceive things the way they could be,a couple more and you view them as you would like them to be,more still and you see things as they really are,THAT is the danger of too much.

Botnst · #33 08-03-2006, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Kuan

The doctor should have had his license revoked. Whatever happened to doctor/patient confidentiality?

No kidding. WTF is up with that?

John Doe · #34 08-03-2006, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete Geither

Be a little bit careful about confessing any alcohol issues with your physician,,,, unless you are on the stretcher, suffering from the DT's. Here in Pa. a fellow told his doc he drank a 6 pack a day. The doc told the state and his license was immediately revoked.

A year later he still hadn't gotten them back.

If any doc tells the 'state' any thing I confess, it would be his license lost, and it wouldn't just be for a year.

John Doe · #35 08-03-2006, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Carleton Hughes

Moral 'O the story,as Gramps said,Keep your eyes and ears open and your Goddam mouth shut.

He may have diabetes and not even know it and could be killing himself with just a little booze.

Carleton Hughes · #36 08-03-2006, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by John Doe

He may have diabetes and not even know it and could be killing himself with just a little booze.

Perhaps,but that reminds me of the suicidal furniture refinisher who killed himself by drinking linseed oil and shellack....

He may have had a miserable life but he had a FINE finish!

#37 08-03-2006, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete Geither

Be a little bit careful about confessing any alcohol issues with your physician,,,, unless you are on the stretcher, suffering from the DT's. Here in Pa. a fellow told his doc he drank a 6 pack a day. The doc told the state and his license was immediately revoked.

A year later he still hadn't gotten them back.

Link please.

Mistress · #38 08-03-2006, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Carleton Hughes

Moderation is the key,nothing wrong with a good buzz,BUT.....

A couple of cocktails and you will perceive things the way they could be,a couple more and you view them as you would like them to be,more still and you see things as they really are,THAT is the danger of too much.

Ahhh Mistress Heather has granted your wish...

Benzadmiral · #39 08-03-2006, 10:18 AM

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. . . are you unhappy? Does drinking make you unhappy, make your life unmanageable? Be honest with yourself. If that's the case, then it's time to worry.

In the back of an earlier edition of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book some 20 years ago, there was a 40-question quiz you could take. If you answer "Yes" to one question, you may be an alcoholic; if you answer "Yes" to two, you probably are one; if you answer "Yes" to three, you definitely are.

Here's the online, 20-question version: http://www.aa-uk.org.uk/publications/areyou.htm

(Oh, and me? I had 17 "Yes" answers out of 40.)
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Whiskeydan · #40 08-03-2006, 11:44 AM

Six out of twenty!

Was this test written during prohibition?

Carleton Hughes · #41 08-03-2006, 11:56 AM

What fascinates me are the questions it didn't ask.

Pete Geither · #42 08-03-2006, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by John Doe

If any doc tells the 'state' any thing I confess, it would be his license lost, and it wouldn't just be for a year.

All this is annecdotal, but the story was in the local paper with a follow up much later. It is my understanding that the state requires doctors to report "high" levels of alcohol intake to the state. I don't know who sets the limits, but the story about the guy losing his driving privileges is true. I am sure it was reported in the Pittsburgh Pa. papers also.

Slcom1983 · #43 08-03-2006, 12:18 PM

You're not an alcoholic until you go to their meetings. (remember Sienfeld?)

R Leo · #44 08-03-2006, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Geither

It is my understanding that the state requires doctors to report "high" levels of alcohol intake to the state.

Tha HAS to be some part of that friggin' Patriot Act!

A264172 · #45 08-03-2006, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Geither

... I don't know who sets the limits, but the story about the guy losing his driving privileges is true. I am sure it was reported in the Pittsburgh Pa. papers also.

I remember.

Here it it: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04196/346128.stm