heavy" drinker vs an alcoholic. Difference?

[evedawn]

What is the difference between a heavy drinker (as in every day needing to drink to "top up" but not getting completely drunk) and an alcoholic? I thought they were the same but I'm told they are different. Can a Heavy drinker degenerate is prob abetter word) to being an alcoholic?

[Reverandfunk]

Have a look on the AA website, an alcoholic isn't always someone who drinks every day. It's how alcohol effects your life i.e., do you miss days off work throughh drinking, do you suffer from memory loss, does it effect your family life etc etc.

[Reverandfunk]

Hard to say about the Who Soulette, Mods liked them and the Who adopted a mod look to appeal to all of those impressionable teenagers. Mods tended to like all types of music, i.e the who, spencer davis group, small faces who I would term as quite rocky to Motown, Bluebeat, Ska etc.

[welshwil]

didnt the who produce quadraphenia

[bdol4886346]

Are You An Alcoholic?
Ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can.


YES NO
1. Do you lose time from work due to drinking?
2. Is drinking making your home life unhappy?
3. Do you drink because you are shy with other people?
4. Is drinking affecting your reputation?
5. Have you ever felt remorse after drinking?
6. Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of drinking?
7. Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment when drinking?
8. Does your drinking make you careless of your family's welfare?
9. Has your ambition decreased since drinking?
10. Do you crave a drink at a definite time of day?
11. Do you want a drink the next morning?
12. Does drinking cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
13. Has your efficiency decreased since drinking?
14. Is drinking jeopardizing your job or business?
15. Do you drink to escape from worries or trouble?
16. Do you drink alone?
17. Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of drinking?
18. Has your physician ever treated you for drinking?
19. Do you drink to build up your self-confidence?
20. Have you ever been to a hospital or institution on account of drinking?
If you have answered YES to any one of the questions, there is a definite warning that you may be an alcoholic.
If you have answered YES to any two, the chances are that you are an alcoholic.
If you have answered YES to three or more, you are definitely an alcohoholic.
Not my definition, just googled this.

[evedawn]

I'd needed to end off lastnight which is a pity cos the answers folks gave were really good! Particulary Trev HCS when he said some alcoholics regulate their drink.! I couldn't agree more - and thats the most worrying cos many others don't even realise they have a prob.

And to Leon blank...your pun bout alking bout your generation was a goodun. I didn't see it cos i'd logged out just beforehand.