Eight Signs Your Drinking Might Be More Than Just a Habit

Happy hour with buddies, margaritas and nachos by the pool, brewery hopping – how have you learnt when your consuming behavior has gone too far?

“If your drinking is negatively impacting you or the people in your life, then it may be too much,” says J. Craig Allen, MD, medical director of Rushford, a part of the Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network.

Dr. Allen gives these indicators that it’s possible you’ll be creating an alcohol use dysfunction:

Forgetting issues that occurred if you are consuming.
Having a first drink within the morning to get your self going after heavy consuming the night time earlier than.
Hearing vital folks in your life, or a healthcare skilled, specific concern about your consuming or recommend you chop down.
Failing to do what is normally expected of you at work, residence or socially due to the consequences of consuming (intoxication or hangovers).
Needing to drink an increasing number of alcohol to get the identical results. This is known as creating tolerance.
Experiencing bodily signs if you happen to go too lengthy with out consuming. Withdrawal signs can embody fast heartbeat, nausea, vomiting, anxiousness, restlessness, tremors and sweating.

If you’re involved that you just may need a downside with consuming, Dr. Allen suggests:

Tracking what number of drinks you’ve got in a single week. Make a plan to lower that quantity steadily over time.
Setting limits on the quantity, locations and occasions that you just drink.
Avoiding folks or locations that tempt you to drink or drink greater than you must.
Making plans that don’t contain consuming.
Not retaining alcohol in your house.