Posted by tim mayo on June 2, 2002, at 11:37:57
In reply to Alcohol SSRIs, posted by 3 Beer Effect on May 31, 2002, at 14:19:05
"The main sign of alcoholism is regularly drinking in the morning (as an eye opener), or at/before work. Having a few drinks on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday night does not make you an alcoholic. At worst, you would be a "problem drinker" if you binged on the weekends & had blackouts. I used excessively binge drink in college simply because alcohol is the best anxiolytic/confidence enhancer out there, but never drank Sunday-Wednesday & never had withdrawl symptoms ever."
not being an expert on much and just diagnosed with add i cant a lot. but i do have to take exception to the above statement. as one who is an admitted alcoholic i know that no two alcoholics can be stereotyped like that. even on my worst day i never drank before work but i sure did a lot of other things later in the day. i also know for myself one thing i did was mix alcohol and pills to obtain a desired effect. i know alot of "normal" drinkers who would think that is crazy. what i have found is that alcohol is a symptom of a illness i have that runs alot deeper then what time or when i drank.
just my two cents.
tim
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