Comment on It's impossible to defend any amount of alcohol consumption without sounding like an alcoholic.
evergreen@lemmy.world 6 days ago
That’s a pretty subjective statement as it really depends on to whom youre defending it. Does consuming any amount of alcohol make one an alcoholic? I suppose differing people will have differing definitions.
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
That’s the point, though. Even if you have one beer a week, defending that if challenged to quit will make you sound like an alcoholic.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 days ago
But that doesn’t make sense, one beer a week is absolutely not triggering chemical addiction. At that rate you could attack any ritual behavior, or regular consumption of anything beyond nutrient paste and water
To me the important distinction is between chemical and behavioral addiction, habits and compulsions.
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
No one said anything about triggering an addiction, or being addicted at all.
It’s the act of defending your alcohol consumption that can make you sound like an alcoholic.