Drunk Thread

[!Luck]

At what point do you have a problem. is it the point of addiction or is it at the point of apathy.

[kingnat]

At what point do you have a problem. is it the point of addiction or is it at the point of apathy.

I think that if the consumption of alcohol regularly (even if it's minimally) interferes with performing your job or other responsibilities, or taking part in other hobbies that you enjoy (or used to enjoy) then you probably have a problem.

I think chemical addition is much easier to identify. If you don't drink for 48+ hours, does your body break down or do you immediately suffer? If not, then you're probably not chemically addicted.

I don't have a chemical dependency on alcohol, but I do fall into habits of using it to mitigate stress and anxiety. During various stretches it has been a problem where it's severely interfering with completing work (typically because the task seems to onerous or I'm just worried about my ability to complete it at a very high level) or missing early morning meetings because I'm hungover or something like that.

The funny thing for me is that if I'm not specifically choosing healthy options to mitigate stress (such as exercise, meditation, etc.) and I choose NOT to drink alcohol, I can still fuck my ability to complete challenging work tasks by simply finding distractions such as binging Netflix or some web series of YouTube (which leads to not sleeping, exhaustion and incomplete tasks at work). It's hard to explain to people at times that think I have a drinking problem, because they think i'm just making excuses. But I don't have a drinking problem, i have a problem with stress and anxiety. Not drinking doesn't fix that problem.