Hi, Im Tom and im an alcoholic

Ive gotta be an alcoholic, sure im 16 BUT

-I get drunk with my friends every 1 in 2 days, and it involves drinking till 4 am, sleeping for 2 hours then when waking up and feeling like ****, then drinking more beer.

-When we dont stay in we go to the pub where, and i can spend £40 a night on booze, including mixing spirits.

-If we have no plans, ill go to the pub on my own atleast once and have atleast two pints a day.

Anyway. Im off to get smashed.

Reply 1

adamu

You have to be the most deconstructive person ive ever heard of. You raise a concern, i mean you are concerned right? You should be. And you make a mockery over it and yourself. Perhaps its your way of dealing with it but your going to mess your life up if you dont get some perspective.

In short, stop being a complete idiot

Sorry its harsh but realistic

Reply 2

RetiredAccount89

18

Answer these questions honestly

Do you ever think you should cut down on your drinking?
Do you ever get annoyed when people say you drink too much?
Do you ever feel guilty about drinking?
Do you ever drink in the morning in order to wake up/start the day?

Reply 3

Naxalite

Jamie

Answer these questions honestly

Do you ever think you should cut down on your drinking?
Do you ever get annoyed when people say you drink too much?
Do you ever feel guilty about drinking?
Do you ever drink in the morning in order to wake up/start the day?

ohh boy, what a wannabe doc.

Reply 4

RetiredAccount89

18

Naxalite

ohh boy, what a wannabe doc.

Or alternatively a 5th year med student who has plenty of experience with alcoholics.
foolio :p:

Reply 5

Naxalite

Jamie

Or alternatively a 5th year med student who has plenty of experience with alcoholics.
foolio :p:

CAGE is pile of crap to be honest...

Reply 6

RetiredAccount89

18

Naxalite

CAGE is pile of crap to be honest...

2 or more right answers has a 70% specifity. T'is better than nought, and i can hardly order LFTs and bloods now can I.

Reply 7

guilly

what a load of *******s 70% specifity pfff. ppl dont understand that theres no such thing as an alcoholic per say. everyones different, their habits are different and their reasons for drinking are different. my dad is what you could call an alcoholic. drinks between 5-8 pints a day plus at least a bottle of wine per day and often spirits in the morning. and hes manged to keep a 100,000£ job for the last 15 years without much problem.he cant admit that he has a problem but the weird thing is he mmanged to quit cold turkey for 2 months no prob

ur young so i would say if u wanna stop drinking nows the time...on the other hand if ur gonna keep on drinking much just try and make sure u get other things in ur life done. dont believe every1 that says it will destroy ur life bla bla everyone is different

Reply 8

Highlander

Well the truth is if you keep drinking like that every day you will be dead by the time you are 40.

Reply 9

Sgt.Fox

Highlander

Well the truth is if you keep drinking like that every day you will be dead by the time you are 40.

...and you might as well be dead by 25-30. Stay detached and keep control of yourself - that way you should be able to cut back and sort yourself out.

It's pretty damn illegal to be doing what you're doing as well. Stop being a fool.

OP

Que?

Constantine

Ive gotta be an alcoholic, sure im 16 BUT

-I get drunk with my friends every 1 in 2 days, and it involves drinking till 4 am, sleeping for 2 hours then when waking up and feeling like ****, then drinking more beer.

-When we dont stay in we go to the pub where, and i can spend £40 a night on booze, including mixing spirits.

-If we have no plans, ill go to the pub on my own atleast once and have atleast two pints a day.

Anyway. Im off to get smashed.

Yea, I say respect...
Dont worry ur body gets used to drinkin, so just keep it goin ...

Whatever! uv got tons of time to think of cuttin ur drinkin down later on, but now its too early, ur too young... live ur life !!! :biggrin:

Reply 12

Sgt.Fox

NormalBloke

Yea, I say respect...
Dont worry ur body gets used to drinkin, so just keep it goin ...

Whatever! uv got tons of time to think of cuttin ur drinkin down later on, but now its too early, ur too young... live ur life !!! :biggrin:

That's the most imbecilic post I've ever read. Do you not understand what alcoholism does to people? Liver + Kidney failure, brittle bones, epilepsy etc etc...

The more time you spend drinking to excess, the harder you'll find it to stop. No-one else can help when someone is an alcoholic - it's up to the alcoholic to realise and find their own help.

And why is it illegal Tom? You're *16*. The legal drinking age is *18*. You need to wait close to two years before you can even ruin your life legally. Sort yourself out otherwise you'll have done nothing with your life by the time you die young.

Reply 13

adamu

yeah by the way whoever left me bad rep for my post - your not funny and you need to grow up.

Actually read what i put i makes perfect sense, sometimes you have to be harsh inorder to help people. His lifestyle is idiotic and needs to change or he will ruin his life

Reply 14

dave

Hmm..............how much money is it gong to cost you to kill yourself? Or someone else by your actions if you're smashed? You seem to have half an inkling that you have a problem. Follow it through and live. Ignore it and die.

Reply 15

Sophdoph

1

Mate, if you were really concerned you were an alcoholic I doubt you'd be as liberal as to "shout about it" on a student internet forum. If you are serious, go to your GP or a clinic, or ring AA. http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/

Reply 16

Chris.

1

lol this dude is clearly lying for a bit of attention.

Reply 17

_poptart_

2

I wouldnt wana go to the pub myself :eek:

how embarrassing! then again I do like a drink as well but no more than once a week... ok twice a week :wink:

Reply 18

RetiredAccount89

18

guilly

what a load of *******s 70% specifity pfff. ppl dont understand that theres no such thing as an alcoholic per say. everyones different, their habits are different and their reasons for drinking are different. my dad is what you could call an alcoholic. drinks between 5-8 pints a day plus at least a bottle of wine per day and often spirits in the morning. and hes manged to keep a 100,000£ job for the last 15 years without much problem.he cant admit that he has a problem but the weird thing is he mmanged to quit cold turkey for 2 months no prob

ur young so i would say if u wanna stop drinking nows the time...on the other hand if ur gonna keep on drinking much just try and make sure u get other things in ur life done. dont believe every1 that says it will destroy ur life bla bla everyone is different

Of course there is such a thing as an alcoholic. What you mean to say is that the effect alcoholism has on different people is different. And CAGE is solid. If someone answers positively to 2/4 of the questions then there is a 70% chance they are alcoholic. Simple.

Now when i was at cambridge i would certainly alot of weeks be getting through 120+ units of alcohol (ie about 5-6 times more than you should), but the difference was i wouldn't drink in the morning, knew i was drinking a bit too much and didn't care about admitting it.
If the guy is asking for help/admitting there might be aproblem then there probablary is.
either that or - as many people have suggested its a simple bragging/attention seeking exercise.

Reply 19

_poptart_

2

whats CAGE :confused:

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Hi, Im Tom and im an alcoholic

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