Regardless of a clinic diagnosis, you know when you have alcohol use disorder, right?
I mean, if you sip the last drops of cognac from somebody else´s glass at cocktails and lock yourself in the bathroom to drink from the free mini samples you got at the supermarket…
When you drink the two whole bottles of wine at Thanksgiving, how do you call that?
adults consuming alcohol heavily
Alcohol use disorder can lead to tragedy too.
Remember that day when you almost run over that kid who when we were back from Christmas at my parents house?
You don´t?
That´s what happens too with alcoholics. They start to forget things. Especially bad things they do…
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