| Baalzamon said: Grow up? Alcoholism is something that causes interference in any major life functions, including social. My father has gotten so sick and tired of her drinking, he randomly talks to me sometimes about how he doesn't know how much longer they can last together. I just go downstairs and play video games and browse the internet pretty much every night, all night, because I cannot stand the way my mom acts when she's drinking. This means I don't get to hang around with my dad nearly as much as I would like to because he sits in the living room with my mom. There's some tests on the internet that I have essentially filled out to see what she is considered. If 1 question is answered yes, there is a definite warning you may be an alcoholic, and if 2 or more are answered yes, there is a high chance you are considered an alcoholic. One of the questions involves whether the drinking affects your family relationship. There were about 2 or 3 others that I wasn't quite sure, as well as several that I couldn't answer for her since I don't know whether it affects that aspect of her life. Regardless, it is alcohol alone that is affecting our family relationships. So, I have to ask, what exactly would you consider this, since saying it is alcoholism just gets an ignorant response that I need to grow up. |
This is no evidence at all. For all we know, it might just be that your father is making a mountain out of a molehill; perhaps he's the one who has a problem?
You have presented no real evidence of her being an alcoholic. An internet test certainly isn't going to convince me.
Baalzamon said:
You are right, not everyone is a raging alcoholic. But more people are classified as alcoholics than you may think. If we look at just Americans, the numbers I'm seeing indicate ~7-8% of Americans are alcoholics (Over 20 million). Considering only 67% of American adults (18 years and older, ~150 million people) drink alcohol. If we exclude minors, and assume the full 7-8% are adults, that would mean 13.3% of people who consume alcohol are alcoholics. Now, I'm sure minors would constitute a portion of the alcoholics, but the point still gets across that a pretty big portion of people are actually alcoholics. |
Do you realise that you just backed up the point you're trying to refute? Your stats say that 86.7% of Americans who drink alcohol are not alcoholics. That's the vast majority.
