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the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 months agoA single shot seems more like a habit than functional alcoholism
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the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 months agoA single shot seems more like a habit than functional alcoholism
groet@feddit.org 3 months ago
Drinking alcohol habitually is called alcoholism. Any time the consumption of alcohol is a fixed part of your day, you are already over the line. A beer with every dinner? Shots with friends/coworkers after work every day? That’s alcoholism.
FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yep. That’s a difficult nuance for people to grasp. Alcoholism isn’t really about the amount, it’s about your relationship to its use.
If you drink 7 beers on a random friday night, but nothing the rest of the week, you’re probably fine. But if you drink a beer with your breakfast so you can face the day, that’s clearly not a good place to be. Same amount of alcohol, but a different relationship to its use.
Basically, anytime you feel like you ‘need a drink to do X’ with any regularity, it’s time to talk to your doctor about alcohol use.