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How To Tell if You Are an Alcoholic

By , About.com Guide

Updated June 03, 2003

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This test can indicate if you have a drinking problem or may be an alcoholic.
Difficulty: Hard
Time Required: 1 month

Here's How:

  1. Drink two drinks, and only two, of your favorite alcoholic beverage, then stop.
  2. Repeat this process, drinking only two drinks a day, for an entire month.
  3. Do not 'save up' by skipping two drinks one day and having four the next.

Tips:

  1. If you can honestly drink two and only two drinks a day for a month, chances are you do not have a drinking problem.
  2. If you find that you cannot keep up the regime, and drink more than two, you may be an alcoholic or be alcohol dependent.

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