Asking Google if you're an alcoholic is a waste of time. Here's why.

The 20 question "Am I An Alcoholic?" survey is a waste of time. If you're questioning your drinking to where you want to take a survey, then it's already enough of a problem to stop.

How many of you have googled, "am I an alcoholic" after another drinking disaster? I hear it all the time. And what I want you to know is that if you're questioning your relationship to alcohol to where you have to take a survey, then that's the only validation you need to know that alcohol is negatively impacting your life. Also, you don't have to label yourself as an alcoholic to stop drinking.

People who don't have a drinking problem aren't googling if they have a drinking problem, right?

If you're going to take a survey, then obviously, there have been MANY incidents where you feel that alcohol has negatively impacted your life or you have had consequences as a result of drinking too much. As a culture, we see binge drinking or the mishaps of our drinking as funny sometimes, but it's not funny at all.

Drinking so much that you're blacking out and not remembering how you put the kids to bed is not funny.
Drinking so much that you wake up hungover is not funny.
Drinking so much that you're in a constant haze is not funny.

It's not funny. It's sad that, as a culture, we've made a mockery and accepted drunk nights as a passage to adulthood and part of everyday life. It is not normal to be drinking that much alcohol. You are destroying your mind, body, and soul when you consume that much. There is no benefit.

Trust that gentle nudge that tells you that your drinking has gotten out of control and that the negative consequences you're seeing are all the reason you need to remove alcohol from your life. You don't have to put a label on it. You don't have to be an alcoholic to stop drinking.

All you need is a desire to want something more of your life than hangovers, regret, anxiety, disappointment, and an inner knowing that this isn't the way life is supposed to be. Trust that nudge that something isn't right.

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