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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you drink 2-3 glasses of wine every single night, are you an alcoholic?[/quote]

Alcohol use disorder is a spectrum. In terms of 2-3 glasses of wine every night - and I'm guessing these are very generous pours - the question is what happens when you try to stop. Three glasses of wine is roughly 600 calories of sugar, which tends to make most people overweight if done daily. If you are over 30, three glasses of wine is most likely impacting your sleep. It's also probably really raising your anxiety. As your body detoxs itself from alcohol every night, your cortisol levels spike, which is unpleasant. And of course with time, your brain and your body develop tolerance. It's very easy to go from 2-3 glasses to finishing the bottle in order to get the same effect. The dependency creeps in. And you can see where that goes.

For some people, drinking 2-3 glasses of wine every day is just a bad habit. And once they decide to get in shape or find a healthier way to relax, it's pretty easy to dial it way back or even stop all together. For other daily drinkers, it's a stage on their journey through alcoholism. Every hardcore vodka drinker was a moderate beer/wine drinker at some point in their life.   [/quote]

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