Alcohol Abuse Advice

Alcohol Signs: Indications of an Alcoholic

Alcoholism is definitely not something that you wish to lock yourself with. Nobody wants their loved ones to fall prey to alcoholism. As we all know, alcoholism is pretty much about mad addiction to alcohol.

Putting it plain and simple, an alcoholic is hardly able to resist the cravings for alcohol. These cravings become embedded in the body as such that the person utterly becomes a slave to his alcoholic desires.

Interestingly enough, a person might not sometime even realize that he or she is an alcoholic. On the other hand, even if an individual knows that he or she is an alcoholic, the individual prefers keeping it a secret from friends and or family. They are afraid that they will be prevented from taking alcohol if their well wishers get to know about their mammoth craving for alcohol.

That is why you need to know the signs of alcoholism. Knowing these signs can help you detect the alcoholism in you or in your loved ones. And when you know this, you can take some preventive steps before it gets too late. Here are 3 more alcohol signs that should be regarded as red flags:

When someone drinks alone:  This happens because of a couple of reasons. Firstly, nobody likes to be known as an alcoholic. They try to keep the ‘unusual volume’ of drinking an absolutely ‘private’ issue. Second, as opposed to the typical drinkers who just drink as an excuse of conversation or passing time, an alcoholic, drinks for the sake of drinking.

Making excuses:  When a person turns into an alcoholic, he or she has a built-in demand for alcohol. But for most people in this busy world, it is tough to arrange time and to escape for a drink often. Alcoholics try to find excuses for their ‘occasional drinking’.

Dependency & Slavery:  An alcoholic is usually unable to work without daily and frequent drinking.  Doing the laundry, taking the kids to school or going to work, all these, seems too tough without a drink. Alcoholics usually can’t help drinking. It’ll turn out to be some kind of slavery.

If you notice these symptoms in yourself and others, you should take necessary measures to counter alcohol addiction.