Drinking Problem?

Anonymous College Student, Op Contributor

ow do you know when you
H have a drinking problem? Is it

after you’ve successfully driven
home after umpteen coolers? After you’ve
ditched your best friend, not met previous
commitments, or just plain flaked-out all
because of your drunken tirades?

We live in a culture where drinking is
encouraged by commercials, Super-Bowl
Sundays, hockey games, concerts, and pub
nights. I mean, what else is there to do on
a Friday night? Alcohol does more than
take the edge off things. It makes me
relax. It frees my many inhibitions. I am
me without it, and yet I am more openly
me after a few drinks.

But how do I know if I have a prob-
lem? Ive been drinking since I was 15
years old. That’s 10+ years of drinking
history. And as far as I can remember, I
haven’t had a sober spell lasting more than
a few months during that whole time. I
drink more than a few at least every cou-

 

 

ple of weeks.

For a shyly sensitive person like me,
drinking has been my refuge. ’m embar-
rassed to even say it could be a problem.
Because as far as I’ve been telling myself,
the only drinkers with problems are those
who drink every day. And besides, isn’t
drinking part of the college experience?

A few years ago, I went to an
Alcoholics Anonymous meeting with a
friend of mine, not because I thought I
was an alcoholic, but because I wanted to
see what it was like and to learn where the
line is between a problem and a good
time. And because I’m pretty sure my dad
is an alcoholic (that is if you consider
drinking Tequila on the rocks every day a
problem). Strangely enough, all the stories
I heard there felt strangely familiar.
Having a problem didn’t just mean booz-
ing every day. I heard stories just like
mine. Get drunk once every couple of
weeks, dance your face off, say a few

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