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Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic?
#23416194 - 07/06/16 07:37 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Hey guys
My mom and her bf (who does not drink) told me that I should stop drinking because I like having a beer with my lunch or have a pint or two at night while watching football.
They asked me if I was an alcholic and an addict to which I said yes since I do enjoy a beer evrey now and then and also enjoy marijuana.
They also asked me if I drink gin and they told me that it shrinks your brain.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Nolan92]
#23416208 - 07/06/16 07:46 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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only if it makes your life unmanageable
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: thelanzii] 1
#23416212 - 07/06/16 07:49 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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OMG 2 BEERS A NIGHT!?!?! You need to get into a program asap!
But really 2 beers is nothing. If that escalates to you drinking more then I would say it's a problem, but for now I think you're fine man.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: FruitOfLife] 1
#23416222 - 07/06/16 07:54 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Don't drink for a week. If you can't make it without doing so, you are an alcoholic. If you can make it the week without drinking, resume drinking as you were normally before the test.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: PatrickKn]
#23416248 - 07/06/16 08:10 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thanks
I'm with my mother on holiday basically, And she just told me I was cranky because I was drinking.
I was cranky because ever since the day I got here she kept nagging me non-stop I do the stuff she tells me to do clean a whole freakin yard stack this huge pile of wood I did all of thoose withought complaint and it's just today I feel a bit cranky because she orders me around like a buckskin robot and her reason for doing this is because we are living in someone else house and that I should do things faster since we are staying in someone else's house.
Fuck it out I'm going out into the woods for 2 days cant stand this anymore I'm just getting more and more pissed.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Nolan92]
#23416249 - 07/06/16 08:12 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Probably by some definitions, I think I've seen similarly low thresholds of daily alcohol consumption quoted for making someone an "alcoholic". I'm not sure how useful those definitions are though. Better to look at whether it's having a negative impact on other stuff in your life, and your health etc. The thing about gin in particular shrinking your brain sounds like complete bullshit, but I guess it's possible there's some factual basis to it.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Nolan92]
#23416252 - 07/06/16 08:13 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I think 2 pints in a row would be alcoholism
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Konyap]
#23416269 - 07/06/16 08:22 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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It has no negative Impact on my life. I do not drink to get drunk I drink because well I'm going to a bar right now for the euros and what else would I order I cannot just go there and not order anything.
I do know I have days where I finish half a bottle of rum in a day because I have nothing to do (I just moved to Spain and am learning Spanish so I had no friends). Since no one seems to want to talk to me even though I try and my Spanish is not good enough to talk to have a decent conversation with someone who does not understand English.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Nolan92]
#23416638 - 07/06/16 11:17 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Most alcoholics I know wake up and drink liquor all day long. Granted nobody knows if you have the potential to get to that place. Most addictions start off harmless like you are describing. Taking a week off as a test would probably be wise.
Then again, life is short.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Nolan92] 1
#23416647 - 07/06/16 11:20 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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the pints thing is not a problem.
drinking half a bottle of rum alone because you don't have many friends and are bored is much more of a red flag.
"They also asked me if I drink gin and they told me that it shrinks your brain"
do yourself a favor and stop listening to your parents, they are not very educated about a great number of things.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Konyap]
#23416658 - 07/06/16 11:25 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Konyap said: I think 2 pints in a row would be alcoholism
I'm gonna take it a step further and say that 1 pint in a row would be borderline alcoholism
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Niffla]
#23416820 - 07/06/16 12:32 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Do you NEED beer everyday? Also in other countries old women even drink that much.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Seriously_trippin] 1
#23416933 - 07/06/16 01:18 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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If the OP was asking about say taking a codeine pill everyday would you all flinch and recommend NA? I'm just curious....
I think taking any drug on a daily basis is excessive and addiction is synonymous with excess though it doesn't necessarily equate to addiction. Just my opinion....
But lets put this into perspective using a bit of maths. Maths was never my strong point so correct me if I'm wrong....
ABV =
"It is defined as the number of millilitres of pure ethanol present in 100 millilitres of solution at 20°C. The number of millilitres of pure ethanol is the mass of the ethanol divided by its density at 20°C, which is 0.78924 g/ml"
So if a pint is 568ml and your beer is what lets say 3.5% as an average then 19.88ml is pure ethanol...
0.78924 * 19.88 = 15.7g of alcohol in each pint
2 pints a night.. 15.7 * 2 = 31.4g of alcohol going through your liver every night. It's quite a lot when you think about it in this way.
This is also known as a unit.
They say that 10ml = 8g of ethanol- which is equal to one unit.
We are not supposed to exceed 14 units a week.
This is about right as this would approximately be 1ml = 0.8g (0.78924 being exact).
14 units a week = 112g of ethanol a week.
You're consuming 31.4g of ethanol a day. 219.8g of ethanol a week. (27.5 units a week)
Almost double what the department of health recommends in units. You're in the realms of excess.
As other said, perhaps try stopping for 2 weeks. If you can make it well you have good resolve and no physical dependency but it doesn't take away from what I've said here.
Good luck OP. Life's a bitch we all got shit to deal with I know addiction all too well.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Nolan92]
#23417307 - 07/06/16 03:20 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I would say as long as you're not feeling shame for drinking them, or hiding the fact that you drink from your loved ones, or putting alcohol over your responsibilities, then you're fine.
Hiding the fact that you drink is one sure fire way to see if you have a problem or not, alcoholics will hide booze, or go sneak drinks here and there, then say they only had one or two drinks, when they actually had much more. They feel ashamed of drinking, so they keep this part of themselves hidden.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Nolan92]
#23417332 - 07/06/16 03:26 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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You're not an alcoholic OP...any more than your mother. Alcoholism is defined by Loss of control, tolerance, and physical dependence....of which, it seems, you have none.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: thelanzii]
#23417410 - 07/06/16 03:45 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nemmies said: only if it makes your life unmanageable
That's the best answer you'll ever get to your question. It all depends on how your drinking habits affect your life.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: Nolan92]
#23417434 - 07/06/16 03:50 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nolan92 said: Hey guys
My mom and her bf (who does not drink) told me that I should stop drinking because I like having a beer with my lunch or have a pint or two at night while watching football.
They asked me if I was an alcholic and an addict to which I said yes since I do enjoy a beer evrey now and then and also enjoy marijuana.
They also asked me if I drink gin and they told me that it shrinks your brain.
If you're British, you have a serious alcohol deficiency. If you're from anywhere else, you're fine, don't worry about it.
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Re: Is having 2 pints of beer a day make you an alcholic? [Re: EllisDSox]
#23418109 - 07/06/16 07:18 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nolan92 said: Hey guys
My mom and her bf (who does not drink) told me that I should stop drinking because I like having a beer with my lunch or have a pint or two at night while watching football.
They asked me if I was an alcholic and an addict to which I said yes since I do enjoy a beer evrey now and then and also enjoy marijuana.
They also asked me if I drink gin and they told me that it shrinks your brain.
If you're British, you have a serious alcohol deficiency. If you're from anywhere else, you're fine, don't worry about it.
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