hahaha holy crap i feel the same way i just think that your young and having fun soon it’ll get out of your system just be careful i just saw that movie “the party never stops” on lifetime lmao!!

this could lead to a problem, otherwise you wouldn’t be asking
if you feel the craving again, maybe try to just eat something sweet, brownies, candy bar, ice cream, or drink some oj
booze has a lot of sugar in it, and it could be your body saying YO HEY, YOU OVER THERE, WE WANT SUGAR (and we know you can get it in the form of booze…)
so try combating that with something sweet instead.
you body craves sugar when you haven’t eaten or don’t eat properly, so eat more regularily.
wouldn’t you rather just gain a few pounds than become a boozer/alchie?
cut down your drinking A LOT, to say once a week, and then even less. save it for special occassions.
if you feel you can’t stop this bad behavior, then go see your guidance counselor at school, or look around campus for open AA meetings. they might be an eye opener for you.
good luck

That you are even asking yourself the question is a good thing. it is pretty normal to go a little crazy with alcohol when you just turned 21. Just keep self monitoring and be the DD more often than not.

Not all alcoholics are the type that don’t have jobs and beat their children. There are functional alcoholics that hold down a job, have a family but still are unable to stop drinking.

I started drinking when I was 16. When I was your age I was drunk nearly every night. I also smoked pot nearly every night and took various other drugs from time to time. I wasn’t in school but I had a job. I loved partying like you do. Everything was funner if I were high and/or drunk.

At one point when I was about 19 I got worried about whether or not I could stop if I wanted to so I made a pact with myself that I wouldn’t drink for a month. I still went to the parties but I had a soda instead of alcohol for one month and it wasn’t really that hard. I sometimes wanted a drink but I told myself I had to prove to myself that I drank because I wanted to and not because I HAD to. I proved to myself that I was in control of my drinking.

As the years went by I started partying less and less. I got married at 24 but we partied together a lot. We didn’t have kids so we had a good time but by our late 20s we partied less. At about 28 we stopped smoking pot. For several years now we drink occasionally but not that much. I never wanted to be one of those pathetic older people who don’t have anything better to do than hang at the local bar and drink. It’s ok when you’re young but at some point you need to grow up.

The lesson to be learned here is that it can be ok to party all the time at your age. However be careful there are dangers now that weren’t around back in the dark ages when I was young and wild. The fact that you have a DD shows good sense and responsibility. Give up drinking for periods of time here and there so you can prove to yourself that you’re in control. If you decide to stop for a month but then find yourself rationalizing yourself into a drink recognize it as a red flag. Don’t make important decisions when you’re drinking, don’t leave a drink unattended at a bar, don’t go partying with strangers, be careful. We don’t always get second chances, some mistakes are forever.

yup that is what is called alcoholism

Oh, hon…I cannot even BEGIN to tell you how much I empathize. In reading other people’s answers, it sounds like there is a lot of agenda-pushing going on…people seem to be voicing their opinions as [angry] fact…but that’s no matter :)

There is no way anyone can tell you if you are showing signs of alcoholism…but there is an old saying that reads, “A virgin doesn’t sit around wondering if she might be pregnant.” That said, the fact that you are having doubts indicates that SOMETHING is going on with your drinking, even if it’s not that you’re “officially” an alcoholic.

Alcoholism is a tricky disease (yes, I believe it is a disease — and so does the American Medical Association), and unfortunately, it can only really be self-diagnosed. Let me start with some facts about myself & where I’m coming from: I am an alcoholic. I started drinking at 12 and sobered up at 16, so I’ve now been clean & sober for nine years. Mine is an uncommon story, as getting sober that young is not the norm, but I can tell you that, prior to lapsing into full-blown alcoholism, I had the same pestering, nagging thoughts that you’re having. Instead of monitoring my drinking, or trying to go without for a while to see if I could stay stopped, I went full speed ahead…hence rehab at age 16.

This doesn’t mean that I think that anyone who shows signs of out-of-control drinking or who craves alcohol when they’re not drinking is an alcoholic…NOR does the fact that I acknowledge alcoholism as a disease mean that I’m claiming that it is anything other than an chronic, insideous addiction to alcohol. I’m just suggesting that, perhaps, you are showing some signs of potential alcoholism. As a potential alcoholic, just try and be careful with your drinking…you seem very self-aware and insightful, so keep track of how it’s making you feel, just as you have been.

And, if somewhere down the road you should need to seek alcoholism treatment, don’t be afraid to do so. There’s no shame in trying to better yourself. Good luck, sweetheart!