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depends where you live: USA-your an alcoholic Canada- you just drink Europe- your just an average person Ireland- your a pussy
It impacts not only the person with the mental illness, but impacts the family's as well. For the person with the mental illness, it makes every single day a struggle. A struggle to live, to what they perceive, a normal life. But, for the family, it's an everyday struggle to help the person with the mental illness and is both a emotional and physical challenge.
I have lived with a alcoholic and you need to tell them it's me or the booze and see whats happens then I hope this helps
It is sometimes seen as a disability in work places and other places and it also limits you to the amount that you can cope and how you live your life. It's not a physical disability but it is a mental disability which people can get help for and overcome it.
Many people come to AA who are not alcoholic but only having a drinking problem. However, AA insists that they call themselves alcoholic., think of themselves as alcoholic, and never have another drink of alcohol as long as they live.
Kick that person out it's your home not theres
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drugs, sexual/mental abuse, genetics, environment you live in
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That is a broad question because supposedly only you can define yourself as an alcoholic. The real question is "can I live without alcohol?" and the normal person can usually answer that with "yes." However, in NY for instance, studies have shown that a person usually has driven 1200+ times while intoxicated for EACH DUI that they have been caught with. Therefore, our drug courts here on the 2nd DUI will insist on AA meeting attendance.
Yes. I am on mental disability and I live in a cloud village above Newfoundland, where I control weather patterns with my mind.
The extreme alcoholic can live into their early 50's but not many survive after the age of 55.