I get the feeling k must be one of the drinkers.

drink, girls, feck.

Chops - I usually like your postings but this, I'm afraid, is not one of them.

I get a craving for a pint on a Friday after working a long week....so this makes me an alcoholic according to your definition?!

If you craved alcohol first thing in the morning then yes, these are the first signs of alcoholism.

I class an alcoholic as somone that drinks to constantly hide the pain they feel inside.

I could never understand why somone could become an alcholic until:

When i was severely depressed, project managing a 23million turnover company relocate and my mother was in hospital with a ruptured appendix
i started to drink heavily to drown out the feelings i was having and the stress, i would wake up in the middle of the night and down half a bottle of wine and get back into bed.

i only drink moderately now-- same with my drug use

maybe I'm over-reacting cos come to think of it I get a craving for drum and bass on a Friday.

thing is I've got a drink problem and so does my mum and brother.

I just hate the drink culture in the uk. If you tell someone you don't drink they look at you like you told them you fuck kids.

the 50% thing is those who can't go two days without a drink.

Its funny you mention drinking to drown out the pain..
I've been feeling shitty sometimes lately due to just turning single, and every time I open the fridge there are beers there, and its like, my mind just wants me to drink them all. I choose not to though..

are you retarded? I already told you I heard that from a drug councillor thus I don't know the source of the information.

I knew I'd get attacked as soon as I challenged the number 1 drug in the UK the sheer dogma of your statements is proof in itself.

Kowalski the Hunter S Thompson of the PUA community

So had I...how else do you explain being on line at 12.30