Is it normal to drink THIS much?!

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Frequency isn't a problem. Quantity is.

One word: ALCOHOLIC!

can u have just one beer w/o needing to continue? is it affecting your job, relationships or responsibilities?? if yes, u very well might need help.

It depends how much you drink each day. Complete an online survey called AUDIT - it is very reliable and well researched. This is the nation wide measure used by drs and psychologists in australia. It is a great screening tool.

Depends where you are from. Where I grew up that would be normal but I think most places would consider you to be drinking too much. Your definitely not an alcoholic though, alcoholics couldn't go even one day without drinking.

ur not an alcoholic unless u drink 8 days a week so you're fine

Hehe.. I thought you meant like water..

You need to share how many drinks you have on each of those days. If it is only 1-2 on average you are fine.

Do you feel like you cannot renounce to your daily intake of alcohol? Do you open the fridge and automatically take the vine bottle or the beer can at a certain hour? Do you drink regularly? Do you invest a lot of money and effort in buying your favorite alcoholic beverages?doing so is amongst your first priorities?like something very important to do?does your behavior significantly changes whenever you skip your daily intake of alcohol?
If yes,you are an alcoholic.

If your not comfortable with it then there is a sign that you should stop. If your feeling sort of depressed or it is affecting your life in a negative way from time to time, you might want to cut back a bit :)
I've recently upped my intake a bit to 5-6 days a week (sometimes one drink sometimes more) - Im cutting back as Im not comfortable with it :)

I drank for years, got drink every day.
Alot of the people I was hanging around with did the same, so I did not realize that for ME it was a problem. I know that sounds crazy but I had no clue! It seemed normal to ME.
You need to find out if it's a problem for you. What does the drinking do for you? Do you drink to feel normal?
The best test is to have two beers and stop, dont dink any more that day, if after two drinks you tell your self "this is stupid, I can drink more i dont have a problem i can stop IF I WANTED TO, I just dont want to"! If you say somthing like that, then you CAN NOT CONTROL YOUR DRINKING. Your drinking controls YOU! another test is just give it up for a mounth. If you dont have a problem this will be easy, or else you'll be drunk in less than a week! Something will come up like a friend B-day or something very triveal and you'll get drunk and tell your self "im just changing my own mind" Good luck the sooner you find out the better I didn't find out until I was 40 years old, and my homeless Brother (56) still doesn't think he has a problem!!

DEFINITELY NORMAL!

Nobody can tell you if you are or aren't an alcoholic. Try some controlled drinking. By which I mean, have a pre set amount per day (ie: I am allowed to have 2 beers a day and 3 on fri/sat nights). Try as best as you can to stick to it for 60 days. I am an alcoholic almost 5 years sober. For me it wasn't about how often, it came down to me not being about to control the amount I drank once I started drinking. See if you can successfuly moderate your drinking. If you can't, id say you might want to check out AA.

Dappled said it -frequency isn't the problem. I know people that drink a coupla pints or a shot every day for years now and there's nothing wrong with them.

However if you get hammered every night, yeah.. you need help, man.

you are an alcoholic my friend.

Yes, definitely an alcoholic.