Does drinking most days make you an alcoholic?

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How do you know when your 'social drinking' is turning into a problem?

According to Dr Daniel Hall-Flavin M.D., M.S., a US based psychiatrist specialising in addiction, someone, like me - who drinks every day but never gets drunk - isn’tan alcoholic."That level of drinking is within the guidelines of moderate drinking, although I would be concerned about someone insisting on drinking if there are clear evidence based reasons why they should not," he says.. So now, when I go out on weekends, I have a few drinks, but never enough to tip me over the edge.

 

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