York Alcohol Advice Service

Problematic Drinking

If TWO or more of the following apply to you then your drinking is becoming a problem for you and for those around you:

·      Thinking a lot about the “next” drink

·      Preferring lone drinking to social drinking

·      Sweating in the morning or during the night

·      Waking up with the shakes

·      Drinking and driving

·      Needing to drink at regular times every day

·      Other people telling you they are concerned about your drinking

·      Becoming annoyed when other people comment on your drinking or your behaviour when you are drinking

·      Hiding the evidence of your drinking – hiding empty bottles and cans, chewing mints to hide the smell of alcohol on our breath

·      Lying about your drinking

·      Spending more than you can afford on alcohol and getting into financial difficulty as a result

·      Using anything as an excuse to drink – good or bad

·      Starting to drink earlier in the day

If you do not address your drinking behaviour it is likely to get worse

Serious Drinking Problem

If ANY of the following apply to you, we strongly urge you to seek help:

·      Usually drinking alone

·      Always waking with the shakes and feeling sweaty

·      Needing a drink to start the day

·      Being drunk for several days at a time

·      Regular “blackouts” – you “loose” several hours of your life

·      Drinking large quantities over the course of the day without it making you drunk

·      Frequent drinking and driving

·      Drinking and driving even when you promised yourself not to

·      Using or threatening violence

·      Being arrested for drunken behaviour

·      Admission to hospital as a result of drinking

·      Loosing your job/home/partner directly because of your drinking

·      Feeling that there is no escape from your problems

There is a way out of this kind of drinking but you will need support.

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