if you even just THINK that you may possibly have a drinking problem, please consider these things:
- it’s easiest to stop it in the very earliest of phases
- even if you only question it for a split second, please take that thought seriously
- it’s very easy to brush it off by thinking things like “everyone my age drinks a lot”
- binge drinking is NOT normal
- blacking out is NOT normal
- drinking alone is NOT normal
- if you notice that you usually drink when you’re stressed, anxious, depressed, or etc., as a way to feel better, that is also not normal
- drinking can seem normal and fun for a while, but alcoholism is an easy trap to fall into, and so unbelievably hard to get out of
- if you feel like you NEED a drink as opposed to just WANTING one, you may have a problem
- if being sober feels like some sort of inconvenience or if it makes you feel uncomfortable, you may have a problem
- even if you only fit into 1 or less of the technical standards of being an alcoholic, that doesn’t mean you can’t eventually become an alcoholic
please be considerate of yourself. i never thought alcoholism would happen to me, but it did. there are a lot of early warning signs that most people don’t really consider. i know there’s more, but these are the ones i was able to think of right now. if you think of more, please feel free to add on.