When does a person have a problem?

[britjojo]

Aside from the definition of alcoholism, a person can still suffer from a prolonged misuse of alcohol that never quite reaches the level of being an alcoholic. One's liver still suffers, and cirrhosis and cancer may result. Moderation is the only way to be safe.

[websurfpro]

A person can be "labeled" as a alcoholic at the point when he cannot retain himself from having a drink, this on a daily basis. A person that consumes alcohol every day, more than 3 measures is allready an alcoholic.

[LW75]

I've heard that it is a matter of whether a person could easily stop all drinking indefinitely (not just for the work week) or not.

That may be over-simplified, but not being able to stop doing something usually amounts to an addiction.

[why123]

Thank you capecod for that more information.

[surfville]

i thin they are called alcoholic once drinking alcohol is what they want to do? and affects there daily normal life's.

[jbt]

i think there a different forms of alcoholism...reading up on it and you'll get something like 'alchoholism' and 'alcohol abusers' as the accepted forms.

i dont drink every day, in fact its more like every week, but when i do its disastrous. i am seeking help for it, but i guess it puts me in the latter camp. exactly how addicted i am i'm not sure is the issue. it has ruined my self respect, relationship and confidence. On a binge like that i could probably drink 10 pints in one go once a week, which may not sound too much if it was spread out, but it cant be denied: it's a problem, and a pretty big one.

so yeah i think anyone who is having problems with thier life is a problem drinker, whether every day or through binge drinking.

[clubJWP]

according to studies and data available, tolerable maximum weekly consumption of alcohol for men is 21 units (168g), and for women 14 units (112g). One unit of alcohol is defined as a half-pint of beer, a measure of spirits or a glass of wine. But how is anyone supposed to know how much these volumes are if they are not in a bar?

safe alcohol levels?These are often referred to as ´safe drinking levels´, but of course no level of alcohol consumption is totally risk-free. The levels are officially described as the amounts below which it is unlikely that someone will develop significant illness or an early death. Pretty vague I´m sure you´ll agree. But it just illustrates that there is no real way to tell exactly how much you can safely drink. The more you drink, the worse the effects, that´s all you need to know.

JWP

[Swastik]

I don't know why people are alcoholic if they drink. But i will share my personal experience with you guys. My husband always says that i will drink ocassionally. But after every 5-6 days he says I feel like drinking alcohol. And then he had something. I just hate all this. Ocassionally is tolerable but this seems that he will become an addict very soon. i am getting tensed what to do?

[boleo]

Its not a matter of how much or how often a person drinks that defines alcoholism but is the progression and lack of control that defies the disease.

Once a person starts to lose control of their drinking it always gets worse and never, EVER gets better so long as they continue to drink any amount.

[happyguy]

It is not always not easy to tell who an alcoholic is. While some get druk with few bottles, severla bottles will be taken by many other people before you cna say they are drunk. But one thing is clear. Alcohol does your body no good and so, it should be stopped.