Unfortunately, no one can tell you that you are an alcoholic. You have to diagnose it yourself.

Why not do a 30 day trial with no alcohol at all?

Then maybe do a 30 day trial with one drink maximum per day?

Those can be pretty revealing experiments, especially if you see them all the way through to the end.

Good luck.

I guess I’m writing because I’ve seen many red flags in my own life, with my own alcohol use that are worrying me some. I drank for the first time at about 13…my mother was dying of cancer and I self medicated with alcohol and marijuana. My mother passed when I was 14, and my drinking continued. I spent about a month in a psychiatric facility for adolescents because I tried to take my own life at age 15…anyway…I used to think that I was just experimenting and that I didn’t have any problem. Since I entered college, I got two underage drinking violations through the school. My drinking decreased some because of pressure from my father. At one point in college I was drinking almost daily for a few months.

Currently, I drink about 1-2 times per week, but if I don’t consciously try to control how much I drink, I often drink way too much and I tend to get very mean and not myself. Never physical, but it has caused some problems between my boyfriend and I. My other issue of concern is that I have frequent black outs, and sometimes they occur when I’ve only had 4 or 5 beers. When on a night when I drink ‘a lot’ I have 6-10. I guess I pretty much know the answer to this question..but I guess I want to here it from someone else. Does it sound like I’m an alcoholic?

I have been with my BF for about 4 years now. At the beginning we both used to drink a lot, I got pregnant which made me stop drinking but he has continue. I have asked him to quit several times and there has been arguements about the amount he drinks when he does drink. He is not an everyday drinker but is a every weekend drinker, also he has this saying, “I drink to get drunk” or “I dont get drunk, I get wasted” He has has ended up in Jail twice for abusing me while being drunk and the next day he calls me from jail stating he doesnt understand why he is in there. Then yesterday I picked him up from detox for his second time. I am pregnant with his second kid and we currently don’t live together and I am pretty much raising my daughter on my own since he is not very dependable. I have left him but I still want to help him out for our kids. I grew up with both my parents and the stories I hear of those who haven’t are fearful. What can I do to start directing him in the correct direction.