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05.30.08, 13:00 PM General Topics
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Anyone have experience with alcoholism? I am thinking dh might have a problem. He goes through phases where he'll have a bottle of wine at night a couple of times a week, or he'll have a weekend where he gets drunk two nights in a row even though I ask him to not drink so much. He has been not drinking for a couple of weeks. Wednesday we went to a dinner and he got a little buzzed but stopped. Last night he had a couple of drinks after work and then 3 when he got home. He kept telling me he wasn't drunk, didn't have that much, etc. but his speech seemed slurred. I am expecting db #1 and he's been drinking more the closer we get to the end of pg. He's generally extremely responsible. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
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i think it sounds like he's got some issues, but i don't think the issue is alcoholism. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.30.08, 01:01 PM Flag

well he is the only one who can really tell. Some people are heavy drinkers but not alcoholics. Ask hime to stop for a month and see how hard it is for him. Maybe that will help him figure it out [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.30.08, 01:09 PM Flag

my sister just realized she was an alcoholic. i had thought so for years. if you think there is a problem , there probably is. if he is having slurred speech and saying he didn't have much, then he may be. check out AA's web site. there is a seciton that asks qs to see if one is. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.30.08, 01:02 PM Flag

He does not sound like an alchoholic. He sounds stressed though [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.30.08, 01:02 PM Flag

op: you have touched on something - ever since I've known him he does drink to excess during times of stress. i guess i'm wondering if that makes him an alcoholic, or, labels aside, whether i should be concerned. of course, lately i'm wondering who will take me to the hospital if he's drunk when i go into labor. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.30.08, 01:09 PM Flag

there are different types of alcoholism and one of them is to drink like that sporadically as a medicinal response to stress, depression, boredom, etc. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.30.08, 01:10 PM Flag

Doesn't sound like an alcoholic. He may be stressed out about the baby coming. If he went a couple of weeks, and then got buzzed on Wednesday and last night, he sounds normal to me. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.30.08, 01:05 PM Flag

ITA. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.30.08, 01:08 PM Flag

i don;t think you can decide that here. sorry. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.30.08, 01:08 PM Flag