Am I A Drunk: 7 Questions To Ask Yourself

by SusanANSYupdated on May 5, 2024January 3, 2022

It’s 10 am. I crack open one eye, and the light through the partially opened window blind stabs my eyeball, adding more pain to the headache that’s pounding away in my forehead.

I try to throw the blankets back but I feel so weak and tired. I manage to sit up, throw my legs over the side of the bed, and my head starts to spin.

The only thing I’m grateful for right now is that it’s Sunday and I don’t have to go to work. But what a waste of a lovely Sunday. I know I’ll be feeling tired all day, hungover, and hungry.

This is happening more and more. Waking up groggy, dragging myself around the house, knowing full well that I’m sick and tired of drinking and get mad at myself when I keep on doing it.

Promises Made, Not Kept

Every time this happens I make a promise to myself that I won’t ever drink again.

A couple of hours later, I’m popping open a can of beer, sneering at the stench of it, but knowing it will make me feel better. Hair of the dog. But I hate myself for doing it. I start to panic.

I brush it off and kid myself that I’ll only have one beer. I don’t. Six beers later and I’m joking with my friends online, saying stupid stuff, and feeling guilty.

Tomorrow, I say to myself, I’ll quit drinking.

But I never do.

— Claire A.

It’s so sad that Claire goes through this time and again, making the same old promises, but never keeping them. But why? Claire knows she should quit but right now she doesn’t have a strong enough reason to quit.

It was time to ask Claire to answer these 7 questions.

The 7 All-Important Questions

Do you drink to gain empowerment, to feel stronger, or less shy?
Do you think you can’t stop and you’re having panic attacks about it?
Are you scared because you’ve tried to stop – but can’t?
Do family and friends criticize your drinking?
Been on the wrong side of the law through drinking?
Made a complete and utter fool of yourself when drunk?
Find yourself purchasing booze at different stores so as not to be recognized and labeled as a drunk?

If you answered yes to more than half of those questions yourself, then the answer is “yes,” you’re probably a drunk. Until you reach that point of no return, and keep on repeating the insanity, you’ll get nowhere. Do you want to continue this madness? Do you want to get thrown in jail for drunk driving?

Didn’t think so.

What Claire’s Answers Revealed

In the next post, we’ll share Claire’s candid answers. And our solution.

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