Is this a lot?
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Example, i stayed in Sat night and drank 1 full bottle of jp Charnet wine to myself and had a chinese before it. I went clubbing Sunday night and had 2 cans of Corrs light before we got to the club, i had two more bottles of Corrs Light and 2 glasses of wine, you know the wine you get in a pub or club the small bottles (quater of a bottle)
I find i get so many black outs, have arguments with my friend sometimes, which the next morning seems so silly over. And always the next day im so tired and moody and take it out on my mam, i then feel guilty about it but cos im so tired i just want to sleep and be on my own, i feel almost depressed the morning after.
I tryed to give up drink before but found it really boaring when im out and self consious, im 24 years old and only drink at the weekend. I eat health all week and work out but at the weekend i cant stick to being healthy.
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with 8 years nursing experience, i can tell you this is the beginning of a deadly vicious cycle we like to call alcoholism.
the fact that you are BLACKING OUT should be the hugest red flag for you!
alcoholism starts out small just like with you-a drink or two here and there, then you're drinking yourself drunk one night a week, then it slowly progresses from there. you were able to get yourself drunk on an entire bottle of wine at home-you didn't even go anywhere-this will become an easy habit for you if you continue.
the fact that you drink every single weekend and to the extent that you describe,it won't be long before you will need a drink during the week as well just to curb your body's craving for it. then before you know it-you're getting drunk the minute you get home from work every night because your body can no longer take going 24 hours w/out alcohol.
being healthy all week won't make up for the amount of alcohol you've put your body through during the entire weekend.
your liver is on overdrive that whole time and barely has time to recoup before you attack it again (all alcohol has to be filtered through your liver which causes it to die over time of excessive alcohol abuse-it's called cirrosis or fatty liver. this is when your healthy liver's tissue turns into fatty blubber and is basically useless-and just so you know-alcoholics aren't allowed a liver transplant).
then there's your kidneys to worry about-alcohol is a diuretic which means it sucks the water out of your body that you need to maintain a healthy fluid level (right blood levels,electrolyte balance,etc), which causes you to produce more urine-over working your kidneys.
i'm not telling you any of this to scare you-it's the truth. a drink once in a great while or maybe one party nite a month is OK. but drinking to the point of blacking out, downing an entire bottle of wine on your own in ONE night, and drinking every weekend is putting you on the fast track to developing a habit you won't be able to kick w/out great effort and more than likely not before you've done permanent damage to your health.
you have time to stop it b/c you're young-but you have to do it NOW.
yes you are over drinking, try to tone it down a couple of notches
Talk to Doctor.There is a drug called Disulfiram which may help in withdrawing alcohol.
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