Quote Originally Posted by Weedhound
Off the top of my head....I'd say yes, he's got a problem with drinking. It's interfering with his life. He can't stop even though the consequences get him in trouble. I have no doubt he's told himself before to stop but can't seem to do it. So does lucky G (once I drink one I can't stop...) that is CLASSIC alcoholism and I was always exactly the same way. The difference between me and Lucky is that he stopped completely on his own. I could not. And that he says he is not an alcoholic. I say that I certainly am.
Well, it's not like I drank every day - it was mostly weekend parties and such, but once I had one drink I started to feel kind of good, so I'd have another (What can it hurt, right?), and another... and so on until I'd regret it. I've noticed that when it comes to feeling good I don't have a lot of willpower, although I hardly think I'm alone in that. And that does apply to pretty much anything, including weed - if I have a fat sack, I'll probably go chronic until I run out. I'm just lucky that a cigarette buzz only lasts for a couple of minutes, otherwise I would have picked up a very expensive hobby already...

And it goes in cycles, too. I'll drink too much, get very sick, say "Never again! Hit me if I ever want to do this again!" and then a few months down the line I'll do it again. It's a slow learning process, but I have to admit that sometimes it feels good to cut loose and drop your immune system enough to allow the germs building up inside a chance to go to town, do their nasty thing, and then get the hell out of my body.