for my own good, but don't care.

I rarely get drunk and Iwork hard. up at 6:30 every day. Treat family and friends with respect and have never been accused of belligerence.

I have goals and can't stand sloppiness or drunkenness.

Am I paranoid, or in denial?

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How often do you drink and how much? I drink quite a bit to, but not so much as of late since I'm trying to lose some weight.


You know you have a problem when you can't stop.

I'm starting to find as I'm dealing with more stress that a scotch at the end of the day is like OMG I'm done.

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I think one thing that you need to answer is drinking really a choice for you in the sense can you truly choose to stop drinking if you want. One the best ways to test this is try to stop drinking for a month and see how it feels. If you have an uncontrollable urge to drink then you may have a drinking problem otherwise it is simple a decision on how you want to live or not live as the case may be. One question I would also ask is do you ever drink and drive.

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'89 190E 2.6 5spd third one
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'10 E350 4matic

Sorry to hear that. Myself I probably don't drink enough. But I have very little stress,no job,and all the time in the world. If I do get into stressful times/situations I deal with it through the miracle of modern medicine.

Personally, I think habitual drug use is less offensive to your psyche than purposeful drug use.

When you find yourself using/ craving / wanting/ thinking / desiring of a drug during repeated emotional states I think it begins to get dangerous.

The problem is deciphering between the two uses without denial or bias.

Sounds to me like you're good to go. I wouldn't worry about it.
I don't have a drinking problem either- I can drink 36 cans of beer without barfing.

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first address the reason you drink,then the amount. if you think it is too much then perhaps you already know this.

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2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

What makes you say that?

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Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

I find myself thinking about foods, candy, coffee, soda, desserts, cake, ice cream, candy - equally as much if not more than alcohol.

I think I have a problem with any food/drink intake, if that's the criteria.

I enjoy the heck out of a couple (2) ice cold beers and a Margarita. Just as I enjoy the heck out of a pot of coffee, hash browns, and fried eggs 'n orange juice.

The only thing I was ever addicted to has been tobacco - that (for me) was some mean stuff to stop using - took me years to get off the stuff.

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Ehhh, its better than smoking.

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01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

Denial. If you worry that you may be drinking too much, you probably do. There is such a thing as functional alcoholism. I don't like being drunk, but adore beer. It's a food group. When I stopped working, I quickly realized that I'd have to start following some rules of my own, otherwise I'd be having beer for breakfast and not getting much done during the day. Try limiting yourself to two alcohol units a day. Two beers, two glasses of wine or two shots or mixed drinks. Follow this rule and then when you're out socially it's no big deal if you have 3 or 4 once in a while. I don't know how old you are, but once you reach middle age, if you still drink like you did in college, there's probably a problem. You can ruin your liver without ever appearing to have a problem.

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I have had many beers with thief, and I can tell you guys that he can out drink me any day.

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Denial.

- Peter.

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1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

I wish I could drink more. I love wine with dinner. I must have very little alcohol dehydrogenase because just a couple glasses makes me loopy. I love those meals where all the courses are paired with flights of wine but you end up drinking at least a bottle and a half of wine. Too much.

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I was over at thief's house last summer and he let out a beer burps that was so powerful it shattered out two windows in My Clk 320.

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