Comments on: Controlled Drinking For The Alcoholic: A Myth http://addictionrecoverybasics.com/controlled-drinking-for-the-alcoholic-a-myth/ Overcoming Addiction, Growing In Addiction Recovery. Crucial Info On Getting Sober And Maintaining Sobriety. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob http://addictionrecoverybasics.com/controlled-drinking-for-the-alcoholic-a-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-390879 Bob Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:00:42 +0000 http://addictionrecoverybasics.com/2009/06/24/controlled-drinking-for-the-alcoholic-a-myth/#comment-390879 I think you can't just say I have a drink once or twice a week and believe that this will cure the alcohol problem. You need to find a strong motivation (saving you health, or your life...) and just simply stop drinking - from one day to the next. I think you can’t just say I have a drink once or twice a week and believe that this will cure the alcohol problem. You need to find a strong motivation (saving you health, or your life…) and just simply stop drinking – from one day to the next.

]]> By: Charles Somer The Alcoholism Guide http://addictionrecoverybasics.com/controlled-drinking-for-the-alcoholic-a-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-390553 Charles Somer The Alcoholism Guide Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:51:01 +0000 http://addictionrecoverybasics.com/2009/06/24/controlled-drinking-for-the-alcoholic-a-myth/#comment-390553 This is a difficult subject mainly because alcoholism is, in the main, a self-diagnosed disease. Yes, you can tell the doctor about your drinking history etc. and he/she can make an educated 'guess' but ultimately it is subjective. Of course, your liver functions etc. can be tested but once again, heavy drinkers can have liver function issues but they are not classed as alcoholic. There is no, as of yet, definitive objective test (i.e. that states you are an alcoholic). Therefore the alcoholic who states that he has gone back to moderate drinking after drinking alcoholically may never have been a true (whatever that is) 'alcoholic' in the first place. It is next to impossible to determine if there is truth to the belief that alcoholics can go back to moderate drinking due to the 'slipperiness' of an alcoholism definition. This is a difficult subject mainly because alcoholism is, in the main, a self-diagnosed disease. Yes, you can tell the doctor about your drinking history etc. and he/she can make an educated ‘guess’ but ultimately it is subjective. Of course, your liver functions etc. can be tested but once again, heavy drinkers can have liver function issues but they are not classed as alcoholic.

There is no, as of yet, definitive objective test (i.e. that states you are an alcoholic).

Therefore the alcoholic who states that he has gone back to moderate drinking after drinking alcoholically may never have been a true (whatever that is) ‘alcoholic’ in the first place.

It is next to impossible to determine if there is truth to the belief that alcoholics can go back to moderate drinking due to the ‘slipperiness’ of an alcoholism definition.

]]> By: Pam Renovato http://addictionrecoverybasics.com/controlled-drinking-for-the-alcoholic-a-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-338568 Pam Renovato Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:30:00 +0000 http://addictionrecoverybasics.com/2009/06/24/controlled-drinking-for-the-alcoholic-a-myth/#comment-338568 Controlled drinking for an alcoholic is a not only a fantasy but ridiculous as well. Once alcohol has taken control of your life the only true way to control your drinking is abstinence. Controlled drinking for an alcoholic is a not only a fantasy but ridiculous as well.

Once alcohol has taken control of your life the only true way to control your drinking is abstinence.

]]> By: Patrick http://addictionrecoverybasics.com/controlled-drinking-for-the-alcoholic-a-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-338415 Patrick Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:47:10 +0000 http://addictionrecoverybasics.com/2009/06/24/controlled-drinking-for-the-alcoholic-a-myth/#comment-338415 I completely agree with you on this one Bill, which is sort of rare! Maybe there is a difference between a true alcoholic and some sort of half-addicted creature that I don't really know about. I know that I am a true alcoholic. And I know that others define themselves as such and know, deep down, just like I do, that they can never drink like a "normal" person....ever again. Moderation is a ridiculous idea for someone like myself. Won't happen. Ever. The only thing moderation is useful for is as a tool for diagnosis. The big book even suggests this as an exercise. Lack of moderation is what defines our disease. If you can moderate, you are a normie, not a true alcoholic! Just my 2 cents of course.... I completely agree with you on this one Bill, which is sort of rare!

Maybe there is a difference between a true alcoholic and some sort of half-addicted creature that I don’t really know about. I know that I am a true alcoholic. And I know that others define themselves as such and know, deep down, just like I do, that they can never drink like a “normal” person….ever again.

Moderation is a ridiculous idea for someone like myself. Won’t happen. Ever.

The only thing moderation is useful for is as a tool for diagnosis. The big book even suggests this as an exercise.

Lack of moderation is what defines our disease. If you can moderate, you are a normie, not a true alcoholic!

Just my 2 cents of course….

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