That’s… pretty stupid tbh. One of the most indicative signs of alcoholism is loss of control. Enjoying a certain type of beer once in a while is not that. Or do you think entire nations in central europe are alcoholics?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The study appears today in the CDC journal Preventing Chronic Disease.
Also, a “habit” is not an addiction. I have a habit of tapping my steering wheel when I listen to music in my car. There is a lot of overlap, but they’re different words that can occur separately. And not all unhealthy habits are addictions. And not all healthy addictions are merely habits.
People who throw around the term alcoholic for fun, are like those people who say “OmG i’M sO OCD” because they like to keep their towels folded neatly in a cabinet.
You’re harming alcoholics by mischaracterizing the disease, while being gleefully judgmental, and confidently wrong.
You know people can drink IPAs without being alcoholics?
Not regularly. As soon as it is habit forming it is alcoholism.
That’s… pretty stupid tbh. One of the most indicative signs of alcoholism is loss of control. Enjoying a certain type of beer once in a while is not that. Or do you think entire nations in central europe are alcoholics?
welll……… yeah.
That’s not at all medically or scientifically accurate.
90% of excessive drinkers are not alcoholics.
http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p1120-excessive-driniking.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The study appears today in the CDC journal Preventing Chronic Disease.
Also, a “habit” is not an addiction. I have a habit of tapping my steering wheel when I listen to music in my car. There is a lot of overlap, but they’re different words that can occur separately. And not all unhealthy habits are addictions. And not all healthy addictions are merely habits.
People who throw around the term alcoholic for fun, are like those people who say “OmG i’M sO OCD” because they like to keep their towels folded neatly in a cabinet.
You’re harming alcoholics by mischaracterizing the disease, while being gleefully judgmental, and confidently wrong.
How is that any different from any other alcoholic drink?