zstranger:

^^^

Whats the title of your husband's book?

. REGULAR PHASE:
At this stage, the Social alcoholic begins to be more frequent with the bottle. When he is tensed up or angry, he 'washes' it down with wine. When Arsenal and Chelsea are playing march, a Regular drinker will be more comfortable holding a bottle, to cool the nerves. This is a very long phase and Regular drinkers may remain at this phase for many years. At this stage being drunk is not unusual. A Regular Drinker lies and steals to feed his/her ever enlarging lust for the bottle. The alcohol has become the master of the drinker

violent:

Bullshyt!

enyojo:

Did the line hit you that hard??

bookface:

@Enyojo

I enjoy having drinks with friends in very social settings and many times, I enjoy just getting drunk for the sake of it!. . . .I only do this once in every blue moon and I have been doing this for the past 8 years.
There are months in a row when I don't drink alcohol nor get enticed by the idea of it, as a matter of fact, i just sort of forget about it unless an occasion calls for it.
When the occasion calls for it, i could drink like a fish and to stupor if i wanted to, but afterwards, i'd get back to my normal life and it could take another 9 months before touching another bottle.

what phase of "alcoholism" would you suggest I am?

I'm not an Expert on these things like I admitted. However from your description, you are sandwiched between the Social and the Regular phases. There is still time to get help before its too late. Remember that many people are going to hell for the sake of it. 

Tasma:


@enyojo drinking does not necessarily progress in that order. If that was the case everyone that has ever had a drink will end up becoming an alcoholic. There are people that only drink socially all there lifes and others that drink moderately - one or two bottles - all the time. Unfortunately there are also people whose drinking capacity escalates alarmingly.

Do we really have alcoholics here as it is in the western countries?

Richvkunt:

@Enyojo,
Hi,My name is Richvkunt ,I drink a minimum of three bottles of the ultimate beer every day.
At times on saturdays after a football match especially if my team wins,I go out and systematically get rip roaring drunk.(6-7 bottles)
I live in a well furnished flat,and I pay my rent in advance.
I drive a nice car.I dress well.
Ladies find me attractive,and I do my duty towards them.
On sundays I go to church and do my christian duty.(The only day I don't drink.)

Am I an alcoholic?
Do I need help?

enyojo:

Everyone must not pass through that order. This is just the commonest order. It can be the other way round. It is not everyone that must pass thru all the phases. But the truth is that Alcohol is an Evil.

Tasma:

If you want to know how bad alcoholism is in Nigeria consider the fact that even two bottles of beer will put you over the legal limit for drinking and driving. Yet probably every drinker you know will have more than this in Nigeria - on a regular basis. Alcoholism is a massive problem in Nigeria and it goes largely untreated.

@enyojo drinking does not necessarily progress in that order. If that was the case everyone that has ever had a drink will end up becoming an alcoholic. There are people that only drink socially all there lifes and others that drink moderately - one or two bottles - all the time. Unfortunately there are also people whose drinking capacity escalates alarmingly.

enyojo:

^ U can as well say gun doesnt take away peoples lives