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• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings

Alcohol problems are common and arise from drinking too much. Are you an alcoholic if you drank once or several times? Here's a guide to help you answer this tricky question.

Steps

1. 1 Look at yourself and the way you are behaving.
   • You drink from time to time. It may sound silly and obvious, but if you do not drink at all, it is very difficult to determine if you have a drinking problem.
   • When you drink alcohol, you cannot always predict with certainty what will happen to you.
   • Have you tried to cut down on your alcohol consumption? (C)
   • Does it annoy you when others comment on what you drink? (A)
   • Do you sometimes feel guilty when you drink? (G)
   • Do you sometimes need a sip of alcohol in the morning to get up? (drinking soothes your nerves in the morning). (E)
     • If you answered yes to all of these questions, then in all likelihood you have a problem. Reducing alcohol consumption ('C') is an indicator that you have a problem.
2. 2 Don't refuse help. Alcohol is a toxic poison that will slowly destroy your brain and body. The longer you refuse help, the more you risk.

Tips

• Hurry up. The longer you hesitate, the harder it will be to change everything.
• Fear not, many have walked this path and achieved success.
• Tell at least someone that you suspect you have a drinking problem.
• The best advice in this case is to be honest with yourself. There is a good chance that if you are viewing this article, then it means that you already realized that you have a problem with alcohol.
• Admit it to yourself.
• Stop drinking for at least a month. If it doesn't work, then you definitely can't stop.

Warnings

• If you have a serious alcohol dependence, you need to see your doctor for help. Sudden cessation of alcohol use can lead to serious consequences such as convulsions, heart attack, or death.

* If drinking is more of a binge (common), then, as a rule, we are not talking about detoxification. The danger is constant binge drinking.