Here's a question:

[Sir Saladin]

Delirium tremens aren't that bad, it is always exagerated in movies or on television shows. after twitching and being awakened by my own shouting and falling out of bed I feel like a new man. Time for some Hofbrau!. Don't be a sissy.

 

[Lamjose]

Remember; if you cant drink with your self, who can you drink with?

 

[Zathan]

The big question is, Is your drinking negatively impacting your life?  I mean, how is it affecting your work, school, relationships, etc.?  If it isn't having an impact on the rest of your life, then there isn't a problem...you are still capable of separating your drinking from your greater responsibilities.  It's when you find that you are incapable of doing that, is when there is a problem.

I agree in theory, but at least in some cases I seriously doubt the person in question is the right individual to judge if the alcohol intake impairs his/hers work, school and relations. It could be that the (mis)use of alcohol does indeed gradually affect those areas, and that this fact is obvious to others, but not to the person him/herself.
That's why I wrote:

You seem concerned you might have a problem, which, unless you're an extremely sensible and insightful person, could indicate that you have.

As I see it, the question could just as well be: WILL your drinking negatively impact your life? No one starts out as a full-blown alcoholic, they gradually become one and IMHO, drinking every day of the week by yourself could be an indication you're headed down the wrong path. I stress: could. Some people are probably more susceptible to an addiction, some people will be fine.

Just to clarify, I'm very much not anti-alcohol , I enjoy my beers several days a week, sometimes out and sometimes by myself, relaxing after work. So my posting here is definitely not to judge anyone, more because I've had similar thoughts to the OP myself.

Zathan

 

[Stonewall382]

So I've decided that the thing I love most about aklchohol is hat yo u can truly be honest (which is funny, because I'm doing my damnedest to correct sopeliing mistakes right now).  I know what yo7've all said, anmd I'dve iongested it, though up a reply, and neglected to -post it.  A buddy of mine just got into an argument with me over his girlfriend.  I think she's a dumb *****.  I think she's the wrong hoice.  e thinks she's "the one."  Goddamn ****ing *****.  So now I'm drunk as hell, c an't see straight, worrying about my rugby buddy.  Let tem make thier own mistakes, eh?

****ing vodka.  I'll be puking tomorrrow.  It's the only escape.

Edit:  If I didn't make it clear, I meant to say that you can bemost hones when drunk as hell.  **** the mistkaes.  Fucl it alll.

Edit#2:  Amd of course, if it wasn't already obvi9us, you're the only ones I have to tlak tyou, because my best huddy is the problem.  And most of my budides are seelp.  **** it. "
seelp is pretty bad, but whatever.tt

 

[Lamjose]

Give them hell man!

 

[Sir Saladin]

Stonewall stop ****ing yourself up so bad. Now I sound like my mother although she never said ****. You have your whole life ahead of you, a life of vodka and beer. Keep it up don't let The Man bring you down. Puking is not always an escape when I was a teenager I once puked for twenty four hours straight, also by the time you are puking the alcohol is already in your veins puking is just a reaction not a cure. Doctor Rock will administer the proper medication.

 

[B21A]

Delirium tremens aren't that bad, it is always exagerated in movies or on television shows. after twitching and being awakened by my own shouting and falling out of bed I feel like a new man. Time for some Hofbrau!. Don't be a sissy.

lol...when I was going through EMT school and I was doing our mandatory shifts on the ambulance crews we got asked right before the end of our shift one night if we could do a hospital transfer on some guy they had there.  I guess he was a lifetime alcoholic and just decided one day to quit cold turkey.  Talk about ****ing up his world.  Of course the rest of the crew didn't tell me what was wrong with the guy until afterwards.  They thought it was funny watching the new guy in the back of the ambulance trying to make heads or tails of why the patient keeps trying to carry on a conversation with his pillow.  It be interesting to know what it was that he kept hallucinating.  I know it had something to do with turtles.  I did catch that part of his one-way conversation.  Yea..we were transferring him to a psych ward.  It's funny, but extremely sad at the same time...I felt bad for the dude.  Alcohol when taken to the extreme will severely mess you up.

 

[Stonewall382]

Stonewall stop ****ing yourself up so bad. Now I sound like my mother although she never said ****. You have your whole life ahead of you, a life of vodka and beer. Keep it up don't let The Man bring you down. Puking is not always an escape when I was a teenager I once puked for twenty four hours straight, also by the time you are puking the alcohol is already in your veins puking is just a reaction not a cure. Doctor Rock will administer the proper medication.

This sounds creepy, but how'd you "find life" after you stopped drinking so much?  I just don't see much fun in anything other than drinking.  Rugby, yeah, but the season's over and the Spring one doesn't start for two more months.  Airsoft, but none of my friends play anymore.  Programming, but I just don't care enough to do it.  I just want to be drunk (note:  I don't drink every day.  Although, I think it's been literally every other day for the past week or so (I gotta finish off that vodka).).  But what I really want is the good times you have with people when drunk.  I just don't get that when sober.  The ugly thing is, I stopped drinking for a few days awhile ago (and I was able to), but I became such an angry person that I went back to drinking, because I found that when I drink, even when I'm not drinking, but if I have been recently, I'm happier and nicer to people.

 

[Archonsod]

This sounds creepy, but how'd you "find life" after you stopped drinking so much?  I just don't see much fun in anything other than drinking.  Rugby, yeah, but the season's over and the Spring one doesn't start for two more months.  Airsoft, but none of my friends play anymore.  Programming, but I just don't care enough to do it.

Masturbation? You simply need to find something else to occupy your time. Have you considered that perhaps the reason everything else seems boring is because you're in the grip of addiction? Rather than looking for fun, your brain is actually looking for it's next fix.

The ugly thing is, I stopped drinking for a few days awhile ago (and I was able to), but I became such an angry person that I went back to drinking, because I found that when I drink, even when I'm not drinking, but if I have been recently, I'm happier and nicer to people.

It's the alcohol withdrawal. Your brain chemistry gets all screwed up because it's lacking various chemicals found in the booze. You simply need to stay off it long enough for your brain chemistry to return to normal, at which point your moods should stabilize and balance out. Until then you'll swing between extreme aggression or depression and being incredibly happy for no real reason.