You know you're an alcoholic when...

[PhoenixRising]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

You buy a huge jug of vinegar just to have something in which to hide the vodka.
Picking dead fruit flies out of your wine doesn't warrant a second thought.
Having hubby the cop tell you about a woman they pulled over who had gotten drunk on mouthwash and having a light bulb go on over your head (where has this been all my life??), only to try it the next time you ran out of wine too soon.
Being all smug thinking nobody can smell it on you when one of the stepkids announces "Something smells like alcohol"
Filling every 2 ounce bottle you own with vodka so you can take it on the plane.

[Pride before Fall]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

At one point you feel suicidal and imagine how it would feel to have a rope squeezed around your neck and it's a thought that give's you some comfort. >>

So many of these are tragically funny, and some are just tragic. {{{{Johnny}}}}, a close friend of my stepdaughter did just that. He got into a major fight with his friends the weekend before because he had jumped onto their moving car while drunk. Those kind of things had been happening with him more and more frequently, and they were getting fed up. The autopsy revealed that he had been drinking heavily when he committed suicide.

To give you an idea of the kind of kid he was, when the wife of the president of his middle school underwent chemo for breast cancer, Ty had the whole class shave their heads and wear pink shirts to school in support (it was an all-boy school). On the anniversary of 9/11, he got up before school and left Hershey kisses at each seat in the cafeteria. Once Clare (stepdaughter) was having a crappy day, and she went out to her car to find a bag of Gummy Bears, her favorite, and a note from Ty telling her to call him later and let him know how she was doing.

I truly believe if he hadn't been drunk, he would never have done such a crazy, impulsive thing.

Sorry to be such a bummer. Clare left for college this morning (Ty never will), and went to his grave beforehand to say good-bye, so it's weighing heavily on my mind. As a mom, and as a drunk.
Tyler Ryan 1991 - 2010 - Obituary - Tributes.com

[Pride before Fall]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Your significant other smiles and winks at you in the morning and says "I wonder if we woke up the whole house having sex last night," and you have no memory of having sex at all.

[rubywillow]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Pride before Fall;939664 wrote: At one point you feel suicidal and imagine how it would feel to have a rope squeezed around your neck and it's a thought that give's you some comfort. >>

So many of these are tragically funny, and some are just tragic. {{{{Johnny}}}}, a close friend of my stepdaughter did just that. He got into a major fight with his friends the weekend before because he had jumped onto their moving car while drunk. Those kind of things had been happening with him more and more frequently, and they were getting fed up. The autopsy revealed that he had been drinking heavily when he committed suicide.

To give you an idea of the kind of kid he was, when the wife of the president of his middle school underwent chemo for breast cancer, Ty had the whole class shave their heads and wear pink shirts to school in support (it was an all-boy school). On the anniversary of 9/11, he got up before school and left Hershey kisses at each seat in the cafeteria. Once Clare (stepdaughter) was having a crappy day, and she went out to her car to find a bag of Gummy Bears, her favorite, and a note from Ty telling her to call him later and let him know how she was doing.

I truly believe if he hadn't been drunk, he would never have done such a crazy, impulsive thing.

Sorry to be such a bummer. Clare left for college this morning (Ty never will), and went to his grave beforehand to say good-bye, so it's weighing heavily on my mind. As a mom, and as a drunk.
Tyler Ryan 1991 - 2010 - Obituary - Tributes.com

And we wonder what we missed because we were'nt ourselves when they were crying out to us. I've had my own Ty, PR.

[Grateful]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Pride...So very sad, such a handsome young man. Thank you for sharing. :l

[DriftyAlison0]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Rereading this thread and thought that I would add somemore.

You know when your an alke when you stay at a place during a hip hop concert even though that you hate hip hop because they have jello shots for a dollar.

This didn't happen to me.

When someone puts different stuff in your beer (different brand of beer, one tuna water) and the person continues to drink it.

[TrappedDad]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

when you are out of booze for the evening watching tv with your wife and she complains about a pain in her shoulder. you offer her one of your xanax, knowing it will put her to sleep so you can slip away and buy another bottle...just happened to me last night

[DriftyAlison0]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Another, panicking when you think that you are going to run out of beer at home and when your at home you sip it so a six pack can be enough but yet, your AL mind think that its not enough.

[Choochie]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

When you wake up flat on your back on your very cold marble bathroom floor near the commode in a space that would barely hold you. You don't remember falling but you are very sore for days and just thankful that you didn't crack your head open or do any permanent damage to your back! I was close to my bottom here, but had to have one more rip-roaring weekend before deciding to seek help. So lucky to have found MWO!

[K9Lover]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Well Trapped,
Did it work?

[aspman]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

when you are sitting next to a lady i an AA meeting and she tells who her hubby draged the spare mattress out into the loung for her to sleep on cause he was sick of her pissing the bed. AND this type story, whilste sad, no longer shocks you, been there, wet that!

[DriftyAlison0]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

You know that you drink too much when your house looks like this.

[Doggygirl]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

Choochie;992526 wrote: When you wake up flat on your back on your very cold marble bathroom floor near the commode in a space that would barely hold you. You don't remember falling but you are very sore for days and just thankful that you didn't crack your head open or do any permanent damage to your back! I was close to my bottom here, but had to have one more rip-roaring weekend before deciding to seek help. So lucky to have found MWO!

Chooch, your story reminds me of a time I was on a business trip. It was a cruise in reward for sales achievement. All the company big wigs were there. I got so drunk the first night that I fell down more than once on the dance floor in the bar. Then when I got back to the cabin, I fell in the itsy bitsy bathroom and hit my head on the sink. I had a massive black eye for the rest of the week long cruise. I was mortified and wanted nothing more than to go home, but I couldn't. I hid as much as possible but could not avoid every dinner, etc. with the big wigs. I was mortified. I kept right on drinking though - through the remainder of the cruise and well beyond. I didn't think I was an alcholic. :H (this was NOT a one time event - far from it. This sort of thing became more the norm)

DG

[byebyebridgetjones]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

My God. It's a wonder we're all alive to tell the tale

[Topsy-Turvy-Tracy]

You know you're an alcoholic when...

When you alcoholic neighbors choose you as the subject of their welcome wagon based on the number of beer cans in your trash. That actually happened.