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People seem to be confusing "alcoholic" with "drinking too much for health" with "problem drinking"

Alcoholic, IIUC, is about dependency. Addiction. Doesn't sound like OP is there. But because OP says they are not dependent, not because of the amount. The PP who drinks one beer a day MIGHT be an alcoholic, if they can't stop.

OTOH sounds like OP does have a problem because of waking groggy on a regular basis.

In terms of healthy amount OP is a bit on the high side for a male (depending on their weight) and definitely for a female. The one beer a day drinker is okay for a female. But might want to skip a day now and then.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m the only one here that doesn’t see this as an issue. But here you go. Seems fine to me.

You're not, and it is.

OP, if you're truly concerned about your consumption, then by all means cut back. Otherwise, don't waste your time listening to the latter-day Carrie Nations in this thread.

I am a 45 year old female. I drink a fifth of Jack every day. You're a lightweight. I'm an alcoholic.

Hi, I’m a 53-year-old female. I have been drinking approximately one beer a night since I was 18 years old. The only significantly time is I stopped drinking was about a five year period when I was trying to get pregnant, was pregnant, and then nursing a baby. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had other times when I’ve stopped like when I’m sick or just go through a time when I just don’t feel like drinking but that’s not very frequent At one point I was drinking two glasses of wine almost every night and at that time I did start feeling the effects. Now I have just one beer. That makes me aware of the amount I’m drinking and I enjoy it. Whether or not an alcoholic, I don’t know. I just enjoy my one beer every night after dinner

According to the AMA, yes your an alcoholic. Laugh about it now but you won't be laughing down the road. At that many drinks iper day it doesn't matter if it's wine, beer or hard alcohol.

I usually have two glasses. I usually drink a glass while I'm making dinner and have another with dinner. Sometimes, I opt for seltzer or a beer, but yeah, it's usually two. Those are the days that I'm not hectically rushing around, getting dinner on the table, and dealing with my kids getting homework done (I'm a single dad parenting solo). So, in reality, it's my WFH days, which are basically two or three times a week.

Anonymous wrote:One other thing: doctors often double what people report as their alcohol intake figuring patients report lower amounts than they actually consume. Are you being honest with yourself (in this anonymous web forum?) Good luck!

This can go either way. I entered my amounts into a calculator and discovered I was over-reporting my intake. My pours were smaller than the standard.

Cheers?!
It sounds like you can't get over the fact that mom and dad don't care anymore. Nobody cares.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can't answer that for you.

But I'm the OP that started the thread about stopping for a while (I was at 1-2/weeknight, 3-4/every night on weekends).

I can tell I feel better in the mornings when I don't drink. So I'm taking a break.

How do you feel every morning? And can you not have a drink?

I am grumpy and disoriented in the morning.

Based on this, I think you have a problem. You're not an alcoholic, but you have a problem with alcohol. At this point, it's an easy fix, but if you keep on this path it will get steadily harder to fix.

Give yourself a break of a week from alcohol. Make sure that you can stop when you want to and not without needing help. Your body needs to detox because it's getting used to the alcohol and that can lead to problems and dependency if you don't break the habit. Also you need to get back to the point where your body does not show reactions like grumpiness and disorientation from drinking.

So, take a week off, learn to recognize how you feel without the habit and then ease back into it and watch for the same symptoms and give yourself another break. This way you keep your body from becoming accustomed and then dependent on the alcohol. That's how you keep it to being a vice and from becoming an addiction.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a healthy 29 year old man. I drink 2-3 glasses of wine every night over a period of 4 hours. Am I an alcoholic?

How many ounces are in each pour?

There are 25 Oz (roughly, its metric) in a standard bottle. So I am guessing OP is polishing off a bottle every two nights, for about 12.5 oz a night.

Of course alcohol in wines can vary from 9% alcohol by volume, to 14% or so.

One other thing: doctors often double what people report as their alcohol intake figuring patients report lower amounts than they actually consume. Are you being honest with yourself (in this anonymous web forum?) Good luck!

Anonymous wrote:I am a healthy 29 year old man. I drink 2-3 glasses of wine every night over a period of 4 hours. Am I an alcoholic?

How many ounces are in each pour?

Maybe I’m the only one here that doesn’t see this as an issue. But here you go. Seems fine to me.

Is your liver made of cast iron?