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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. They think they hide it but they don’t. If you grew up with an alcoholic, you always see the signs. [/quote]

Yet here are [b]many stories of people whose husbands, parents and friends had no idea until it was too late….[/b]

Sorry you had an alcoholic parent but your experience is not universal.  Many can and do hide it.  [/quote]
and those people will now be able to spot it in others. It is a hard learned lesson one never forgets once the learn it.[/quote]

I had 11 beers last night and not a single coworker even knows I drink.[/quote]

PP/ACOA and I have impeccable Alcohol Radar - it’s my party trick. I can smell the booze emanating from your pores and breath and it’s an awful odor- I’d describe as stale and dirty. Immediately recognizable. Also, you have a low key tremble in your hands and sometimes in your head and neck - I notice when you’re otherwise still and I glance over and there it is.

Your eyes look rheumy and glassy. Kind of watery.Your palms are red and ruddy.

You drink a ton of water, soda, coffee and eat candy during the day.

Guessing your drink of choice is vodka. Drunks think it’s odorless and therefore can be slipped into water bottles, sodas and no one will be the wiser. You might keep a tiny bottle of vodka nearby - in your car, in your desk drawer.

You take a shot ahead of anything remotely nerve wracking - even a long drive. You can drink just about anyone under the table. Never vomit, iron stomach.

You have thin legs but a gut or pooch or burgeoning beer belly that’s really a fatty upper pelvic area.

You flush easily and have red cheeks and broken veins atop your nose and cheeks. [/quote]

Pp you have problems and need help. Did it make you feel good to type all that out?[/quote]

1. it's AI by a dumb lazt poster and,
2. that's an end stage alcoholic my 8 year old could spot. I prefer to ID the drunk 35 yo moms at kids sports. "Wine moms" so to speak. They are pretty bad at being discreet drunks. It's like their virginity is hanging out for all to see.[/quote]

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