Are you an Alcoholic?

Xander · Post by **Xander** » Sun May 15, 2011 6:30 pm

Find out by answering these 20 questions:

http://alcoholism.about.com/od/tests/l/ ... lcohol.htm

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Sun May 15, 2011 8:13 pm

...I dunno, are you a CAME?

Xander · Post by **Xander** » Sun May 15, 2011 8:44 pm

Difficult subject to talk about, isn't it?

burhead1 · Post by **burhead1** » Sun May 15, 2011 8:51 pm

I am better now

niss · Post by **niss** » Mon May 16, 2011 4:34 am

Are you an Alcoholic?

I am a pilot so......

Yeah. If there's a plane, there's probably a pilot. And if there's a pilot, there must be a bar! I can finally get a drink!

NovaBoy · Post by **NovaBoy** » Mon May 16, 2011 8:51 am

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Mon May 16, 2011 9:19 am

This is turning into the typical useless type of reading so common on Avcanada.

Alcoholism among the pilot group is a serious problem and not an issue to be used as entertainment.

Maybe someone with some maturity could jump in here and steer it back on course?

Darkwing Duck · Post by **Darkwing Duck** » Mon May 16, 2011 9:19 am

Q: Is drinking affecting your reputation?
Yes - it makes me funnier, sexier, better looking, invincible.

Q: Have you ever felt remorse after drinking?
Yes - the next morning when I look at the ugly chick laying beside me

Q: Have you had financial difficulties as a result of drinking?
Yes - only when I run out of cash at the bar and they decline the CC

Q: Has your ambition decreased since drinking?
Hell NO - I am also braver. I can kick any ones ass.

Q: Have you ever had a loss of memory as a result of drinking?
DUH - yes. Especially after one hell of a good ripper.

Q: Do you drink to build up your self-confidence?
Yes - Self confidence is greatly increased. Especially when I am going to kick
your ass or jump out of the moving car onto another one.

DBA · Post by **DBA** » Mon May 16, 2011 9:35 am

I'm pretty certain that any masochist that chooses to stay in aviation would be.

Xander · Post by **Xander** » Mon May 16, 2011 10:41 am

I was curious to see if anyone would admit it. I am actually surprised that some people do.

99.9% of my pilot friends and myself drink to a certain degree...The important thing is that it should not have a negative impact on your family and/or career.

And when we hear on the news that some pilots were caught drunk in uniform at the airport...this is a serious call for help.

Nark · Post by **Nark** » Mon May 16, 2011 10:54 am

Like this guy, from the weekend?

http://www.kare11.com/news/article/9232 ... ted-at-MSP

burhead1 · Post by **burhead1** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:34 pm

Xander wrote:Difficult subject to talk about, isn't it?

I was serious, will be seven years for me come January.
Life couldn't be better now!!

Oh and Niss I still eat wings

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Mon May 16, 2011 1:52 pm

I was curious to see if anyone would admit it. I am actually surprised that some people do.

Yes, I was an alcoholic and got medical treatment for my condition twenty six years ago and have never had a drink of anything with alcohol in it to this day, and never plan to.

niss · Post by **niss** » Mon May 16, 2011 1:57 pm

Cat Driver wrote:
I was curious to see if anyone would admit it. I am actually surprised that some people do.
Yes, I was an alcoholic and got medical treatment for my condition twenty six years ago and have never had a drink of anything with alcohol in it to this day, and never plan to.

Good for you. I mean it, same goes for all of you that managed to kick it. It is a disease that certainly has the ability to ruin lives like any other.

That said, a little levity is not a bad thing.

kevind · Post by **kevind** » Mon May 16, 2011 2:32 pm

This is my drinking problem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl4plPGRG8o

burhead1 · Post by **burhead1** » Mon May 16, 2011 2:50 pm

Xander wrote:I was curious to see if anyone would admit it. I am actually surprised that some people do.
.

For most, it is a life changing experience
Most are happy to tell there story, others it might bring up bad memories.

Darkwing Duck · Post by **Darkwing Duck** » Mon May 16, 2011 3:53 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmW-ScmGRMA&NR=1[/youtube]

All joking aside good on all of you for kicking the booze habit, or any other addicton. Having never been there I have no idea what it is like. But I am am sure sometimes the temptation could be there to get off the wagon.

I had an old boss who was reformed. We went into a bar on a weekend road trip one time. He bought a round but never touched the stuff. He was at Christmas staff parties with us and never touched it either. Not sure what it was like for him but I give him credit for being able to avoid the temptation when it was a flowing at times.

Canuck223 · Post by **Canuck223** » Mon May 16, 2011 4:43 pm

I rarely drink, and rarer still do i drink to excess.

However, if I did, I'd be a drunk. Alcoholics have to go to meetings, and I hate meetings.

My uncle never seemed to find a bottle worth saving for another day. The guy could come home at 4 pm and be shitfaced by 4:30 before his wife got home.

He finally crawled out of the bottle and realized it was easier to ditch the cow that drink himself numb to ignore her. One pass through Renacent Center did the trick and he hasn't touched a drop for 20+ years.

Flying Low · Post by **Flying Low** » Mon May 16, 2011 5:41 pm

I'm not an alcoholic. Alcoholic's go to meetings. I'm a drunk!

iflyforpie · Post by **iflyforpie** » Mon May 16, 2011 8:00 pm

I lost my dad to the disease when I was 17. It pretty much cost him everything shortly before that.

I started out very careful around the stuff, then let loose through college, became an occasional social drinker when I got married, went teetotaler for a year about five years ago and haven't been drunk since. My wife and I drink together or socially now. Most times I'll only have one beer or glass of wine, sometimes two.

Just another canuck · Post by **Just another canuck** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:35 am

If answering yes to 3 of those makes you a problem drinker, then I am too embarrassed to state my score.

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Tue May 17, 2011 4:27 pm

Some of those questions could use a "once you grew up." added in my opinion.

. ._ · Post by **. ._** » Wed May 18, 2011 3:54 pm

Statistically in North America, apparently so.

In Scotland or Bavaria, I'm a featherweight.

-istp

wenchie · Post by **wenchie** » Thu May 26, 2011 8:10 pm

I drink a glass of white wine every night as I make myself dinner. It's just a half glass.

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Fri May 27, 2011 8:47 am

You need to remember that questionaire is a screening, not diagnostic tool. Answering yes to 3 questions simply means you are at risk of being an alchololic and might benefit from a closer look by a clinician. It's easy to mock ourselves and scores that exceed "3," but, be honest with yourself in doing so. Are you mocking it because any suggestion of you being an alcoholic is ridiculous, or because it is hitting too close to home and it's easier to make a joke than to admit the problem? Regardless of the reason, we all likely know several people each who have ruined their lives, families, careers, health, and off-spring (FAS) through alcohol addiction.

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