When Alcohol becomes an addiction

[UniversityDube]

When does alcohol become an addiction. I'm asking because someone I know drinks everyday after 4pm (needs their cocktail for the day)... then later on they have their glass of wine.

The thing is though, that they still have their job and is completely success and all, they live a normal life and enjoy it too.

When do they cross the line?

[LittleFury]

When they have to have their drink. Then they are drunk every night. Then it is more than 1 beer or 1 glass of wine. When it is hard liquor every day.

[dancingdoc2]

When they tell you that they can stop any time they want to, yet never seem to.

[Sirene]

Originally Posted by UniversityDube

When does alcohol become an addiction. I'm asking because someone I know drinks everyday after 4pm (needs their cocktail for the day)... then later on they have their glass of wine.

The thing is though, that they still have their job and is completely success and all, they live a normal life and enjoy it too.

When do they cross the line?

I dont know where you're from, but here in England most people drink way more than that a night. A few drinks is nothing. I have an alcoholic friend & he goes through about 15 large glasses of beer every night. Not 2 or 3.

Im not an alcoholic, but i get drunk about 3-4 times a week, while the next week I dont drink anything for many weeks.

Hes an alcoholic when he craves it, when he cant feel normal without it.