To have a drink in the morning sometimes

[Lozzy123]

Not an alcoholic, sometimes it helps to get through the day. Anyone else?

Well played Coldlight.

Drinking in the morning is not what alarms me here. Drinking to get through the day, that's the indicator of a problem.

There are many myths about what makes an alcoholic. I don't drink in the mornings, I don't get paralytic, I can go weeks without a drink etc etc - if you are dependant on alcohol in ANY way, you are an alcoholic.

...ooh, baileys in morning coffee, now you're talking, expat! It's about to be the Easter hols too...

My grandad had a brandy every morning at 11. It was his only drink., He was not alcohol dependant. He said it would keep him alive... He lived to 88.

As a pp said, it's not drinking in the morning that's a problem it's drinking to get through the day.

There's nothing absolutely 'wrong' with drinking in the morning.

There's a lot wrong with doing it 'to get me through the day'.

There's a lot more with doing it, and needing reassurance its normal.

And there's a fuckload wrong with doing it, and insisting it's perfectly normal and anyone who suggests otherwise is part of 'the temperance movement'.

I'm tempted to agree with fireside but OP - if you're really worried, surely there's a pretty simple solution? Not easy, necessarily, but simple. If you're so worried about it, then do without the morning slug of brandy for a month. If you can't do that - if you can't actually do it for a week, or if for some reason you feel it'd be too hard right now because everything is going wrong - then you've basically answered your own question.

Nope.

The only time I used to occasionally have a drink in the morning was when I was working as a flight attendant and I would get home after a night flight and occasionally have a small baileys to help me sleep.

Or if back in my wild days, I would have an all night bendy and my last drink may have been 7 or 8 am before finally giving in and going to bed. before going back to the pub

If it's only one small glass each morning, it's probably ok. I couldn't drink brandy tho' that early. You will know if it's a real problem you need to sort out however. Head in sand doesn't really work.

Shocking.

You do realise you will probably die "early" and miss out on spending the last 15-20 years of your life being "cared for" while suffering various age-related conditions?

How selfish and short sighted of you .

I really hope you have stepped up your fruit and veg to ten portions a day, too, OP.

The government says so.

If not, you will surely die prematurely.

But you are a raging alkie so will surely die tomorrow.

Love it olgaga

speaking from experience

I would urge you to explore your drinking habits, read up on recommended drinking and go and join the brave babes bus thread

She said it was 'sometimes'.

Please stop! It is only acceptable if it is Tattigner at brunch.

Yes I'm loving all the smart comments

How do people even afford alcohol these days? Damn, that shit is expensive.

Release unwind celebrate yes.
get through the day seek help

I tend to shoplift it these days.

Yawn.

I think it's different if people are on nightshift and have a drink in themorning when they get home. But to wake up at the start of the day and have a drink does seem to indicate there could be a problem. But I suppose it's up to the individual to decide if they need help or if they are quite happy with drinking in the morning.

Google the CAGE questionnaire OP. Might enlighten you.

Yes lozzy you are an alcoholic.

I'm hardcore. I take vodka shots to the eyeball before I've even left my bed.