Tagger, you realized what was real early. May have saved your life. Me, I can talk to someone sloshed and lost at sea and I don't pick up on it. Puzzles the hell outa me. Unless they come outa the woods and start yelling at me for breaking their trees, then I have spider sense...

Interested in what exactly you have to do to be an alcoholic ? Is there guidelines somewhere to tell if you or someone you kow has a problem ?

http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/....cfm?PageID=13

read the 44 questions, gives food for thought...

If ya have to ask >>ya don,t have to ask ><:conf:

Sometimes the one with the disease is the last one to find out.

Thanks for the info on this.

To paraphrase what Clammer said: If you think you have a drinking problem, then you probably do.
My situation was that I was always looking forward to 5:00 PM and the first drink of the day. I'd do anything so I was done with my responsibilities by the time I poured the first drink.
I never missed work, an appointment, things with family. I always took care of business but it got to the point where I worked around what I had to do so I always got to the old bottle by a certain time everyday.
I don't miss that part of my past life at all.

Great, Paul, just Great! :btu: