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Signs of an Alcohol Problem

8 Apr 2024 · 0 min

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Short YouTube video excerpt featuring Amber Hollingsworth discussing how to recognize signs and symptoms of being a functional addict or alcoholic. The clip frames a question about self-assessment — ‘Am I functional? Addict or alcoholic?’ — and implies that if the behaviors described are occurring, the person likely falls into that category.

If someone is questioning to themselves, am I functional? Addict or alcoholic, how would they know what would be the signs and symptoms.
That if this is.
Happening, you're probably in the category.
I personally think if you're questioning it, you probably are. So there's that. But I think that you have to be able to be analytically truthful with yourself and say, are there things that I want to do that I'm not getting done because of this? Are there relationships that I'd like to be fostering or building, but I'm not doing it because of this? I think if you could catch it at that point, you could catch it before it was a problem. Those balls are still be yourself balls. I don't think many people have that skill. And so then it's, did I fall down at that party? Did I get funny looks as we were leaving the party? Did my husband say, you drank too much? You have to start adding those things up and say, if there's more than two of those, probably have a problem.