Am I An Alcoholic? Do I suffer from alcoholism? Do I need to join a AA 12 step program? Everyone says so.. I dont think so. Most likely, you are just using alcohol to self medicate a mental illness. One of my favorite sayings is ‘if you have to ask it means your an alcoholic’. That’s funny!! The tricky thing, is that your medicating with alcohol keeps your anxiety in check.. Take away your drinking and smoking then watch your mental illness get worse. Mental illness is a lot like having STD’s. You have periods that they will swell up, but otherwise, you are perfectly normal down there. Most likely, you are reaching for the bottle because you feel the onset and you are using alcohol to keep things in check. When I say onset, I mean a slow gradual onset of weeks and months. If you hate yoru boss, you can decide not to drink and get pissed off the whole night over your boss complaining the whole night. This will build and the anxiety will pop up. Before you know it the room turns sideways and you have a panic attack. Or, You can drink, forget about it for the night, and since you have not been worrying, the anxiety does not build further than it already is because for anxiety to build up (over weeks and months) you have to contanty ‘worry’. That is what you are doing by drinking. You are keeping your mental illness in check. Illness is a harsh sounding word I know but that’s what it technically is. Mental illness also usually come in groups. So if you suffer from mainlly …
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