Comment on At what point do you consider a person an alcoholic?
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 5 weeks ago
It’s a slippery one
One can have a drinking problem without being an alcoholic
Alcohol addiction is more dangerous than people realise. Going cold turkey can kill
stoy@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I have never seen that, what you are probably referring to are high functioning alcoholics, alcoholics who manage to present a solid facade, while behind the scenes their issues are building up until everything blows up.
High functioning alcoholics should be rebranded as explosive alcoholics, all it takes is a small mistake and everything unravels.
Saapas@piefed.zip 5 weeks ago
I’ve seen people who don’t drink for a month and then drink themselves into stupor. I think that’s some sort of drinking problem but not alcoholism