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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Alcoholism is defined by a physical need to drink, delerium tremours shacky hands etc.
That though is irrelevant, the real question is do you have a drinking problem?
You may only drink once a year but if everytime you do you end up getting so utterly ####tered that you end up running naked through the bar, telling your boss to eff off driving home on the wrong side off the road or beating your wife and ending up in jail or some other variation then you have a drinking problem and need to address it.
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I don't know if I agree with that definition, what your talking about is severe alcoholism as opposed to initial or even functional alcoholism. I agree with you that a big part of the definition of alcoholism is a need to drink. But usually by the time you hit DT's and other physical symptoms your more of a debilitated alcoholic.
I know alcoholics as well that don't need to get all the way sh$tfaced when they drink, but they do need to drink even if its only a couple of drinks a night.