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How can you tell a social drinker from a problem drinker?
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 532493" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>I wanted to add something I remembered ... I have a friend who was going through an extremely difficult time with-her difficult child (Aspie) and her in-laws. Her s-i-l is an alcoholic to the point where she was jailed and lost custody of her kids. My friend's husband was always traveling.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, we drove to an art show in the middle of the day, and my friend had a glass of wine in the car and swallowed the rest of it down just before we left because she didn't want to be drinking and driving. Huh? I was scared to death, but her driving was fine and she was fine.</p><p>She did it again twice more. I was all set to sit down and talk to her, but then my life got chaotic and we never had the chance.</p><p></p><p>I didn't see her for a while. She moved to a different house, had major breast cancer and a dbl mastectomy, and went on antidepressants. She lost 25 lbs and looks fabulous. Her difficult child moved out and lives in another state, her daughter graduated from college, her niece and nephew are in HS and doing well, and she loves her new house.</p><p></p><p>So it was temporary but scary, and not long-term. </p><p>At some point, I'll tell her all of this, in perspective ... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 532493, member: 3419"] I wanted to add something I remembered ... I have a friend who was going through an extremely difficult time with-her difficult child (Aspie) and her in-laws. Her s-i-l is an alcoholic to the point where she was jailed and lost custody of her kids. My friend's husband was always traveling. At any rate, we drove to an art show in the middle of the day, and my friend had a glass of wine in the car and swallowed the rest of it down just before we left because she didn't want to be drinking and driving. Huh? I was scared to death, but her driving was fine and she was fine. She did it again twice more. I was all set to sit down and talk to her, but then my life got chaotic and we never had the chance. I didn't see her for a while. She moved to a different house, had major breast cancer and a dbl mastectomy, and went on antidepressants. She lost 25 lbs and looks fabulous. Her difficult child moved out and lives in another state, her daughter graduated from college, her niece and nephew are in HS and doing well, and she loves her new house. So it was temporary but scary, and not long-term. At some point, I'll tell her all of this, in perspective ... :) [/QUOTE]
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