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    The Social Drinker: How To Keep It That Way
    The Social Drinker: How To Keep It That Way
    The Social Drinker: How To Keep It That Way
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    The Social Drinker: How To Keep It That Way

    By David Tuffley

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    Do you enjoy a drink or two in the company of others, or does it go beyond that? Where do you draw the line between what is good for you and what might be doing you harm? It is not always easy to know.

    As a general guide, if you can stop after a couple of drinks, then you don't have a problem. But if you have difficulty stopping, when one drink is too many and twenty is not enough, then yes, maybe your drinking has moved into the red zone. This book shows you how to stay in the green zone by giving you strategies to limit consumption and advice on how to live life the fullest.

    Not everyone who drinks heavily is an alcoholic. Alcoholism, like dependence on any drug, has five clear characteristics; preoccupation with acquisition, compulsive use, narrowing of interests, denial, and relapse.

    If alcohol was all good, or all bad, it would be easy. We could simply declare it so. We all know water is good for you and you should drink plenty of it for good health. Likewise we know that cyanide will kill you stone dead in moments. No ambiguity with these substances.

    But it is more complicated with alcohol. In small amounts, it is not harmful; it can even be good for you. And because it feels good, it is easy to want more, and then some more.

    Long before you stop feeling like having more, a line is being crossed between what is doing you good and what is harming you. If we stopped wanting more when we actually cross that line, there would not be a problem.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAltiora Publications
    Release dateJun 20, 2013
    ISBN9781301156726
    The Social Drinker: How To Keep It That Way
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    David Tuffley

    David Tuffley (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & Socio-Technical Studies at Griffith University in Australia.David writes on a broad range of interests; from Comparative Religion, Anthropology, Psychology, Ancient and Modern History, Linguistics, Rhetoric, Philosophy, Architectural History, Environments and Ecosystems.

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      The Social Drinker - David Tuffley

      The Social Drinker

      How To Keep It That Way

      David Tuffley

      Published by Altiora Publications at Smashwords

      © Copyright 2013 David Tuffley

      Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism -- Carl Jung.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the work of this author.

      Cover by DoubleP Design

      About the Author

      David Tuffley David Tuffley PhD is a freelance writer and Lecturer in Applied Ethics & Socio-Technical Studies at Griffith University in Australia.

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      Disclaimer & Terms of Use

      This book has been written with all due care and attention. Your ability to overcome addiction will depend on how much effort you put in to it. You need to read it carefully and apply it over weeks and months. In legal terms, the author and publisher have used their best efforts in preparing this book. The author and publisher make no representation or warranties with respect to the accuracy, applicability, fitness, or completeness of the contents of this report. The information contained in this eBook is strictly for educational purposes. Therefore, if you wish to apply ideas contained in this eBook, you are taking full responsibility for your actions.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: Risk factors

      Chapter 2: Signs

      Chapter 3: Strategies

      Chapter 4: Lifestyle

      Chapter 5: Self-Esteem

      Chapter 6: Self-Actualisation

      Conclusion

      Introduction

      Do you enjoy a drink or two in the company of others, or does it go beyond that? Where do you draw the line between what is good for you and what might be doing you harm? It is not always easy to know.

      As a general guide, if you can stop after a couple of drinks, then you don't have a problem. But if you have difficulty stopping, when one drink is too many and twenty is not enough, then yes, maybe your drinking has moved into the red zone. This book shows you how to stay in the green zone by giving you strategies to limit consumption and advice on how to live life the fullest.

      Not everyone who drinks heavily is an alcoholic. Alcoholism, like dependence on any drug, has five clear characteristics; preoccupation with acquisition, compulsive use, narrowing of interests, denial, and relapse.

      If alcohol was all good, or all bad, it would be easy. We could simply declare it so. We all know water is good for you and you should drink plenty of it for good health. Likewise we know that cyanide will kill you stone dead in moments. No ambiguity with these substances.

      But it is more complicated with alcohol. In small amounts, it is not harmful; it can even be good for you. And because it feels good, it is easy to want more, and then some more.

      Long before you stop feeling like having more, a line is being crossed between what is doing you good and what is harming you. If we stopped wanting more when we actually cross that line, there would not be a problem.

      With small amounts of alcohol, you feel relaxed. Problems fade into the background, a bad mood is changed, a good mood is improved. Unfortunately though, like any drug, you develop a tolerance for it. Higher and higher doses are needed to get the same good feeling.

      Incidentally, the word alcohol comes from the Arabic ‘al kohl’ meaning ‘the essence’, perhaps a reference to the distillation process by which spirits are obtained.

      Is Alcohol Dependence common?

      According to the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Alcohol Dependence and Alcohol Abuse are the most common mental disorders in the general population of the United States. Around 8% of the adult population are Alcohol Dependent and 5% suffer from Alcohol Abuse. The figures would be roughly the same elsewhere in the developed world where alcohol consumption is a deeply embedded cultural practice.

      Alcohol is not only considered culturally appropriate, its production and sale is a multi-billion dollar international industry. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent annually by distillers, winemakers and brewers to advertise their products and encourage mass consumption. Given the availability and desirability of alcoholic drinks, the figure of 8% of people with alcohol dependence would seem to be a conservative one.

      There is an established link between over-consumption of alcohol and genetic make-up. Studies over several decades have concluded that people with a family history of alcohol dependence are around four times more likely to also develop the condition.

      How it progresses

      There are four recognisable stages in the consumption of alcohol. The first, the Social Drinker cannot be said to be a problem except where it leads a person to the further three stages. The aim of this book is to help people stay in the first and not progress to the later stages.

      Social Drinker

      How to properly describe a Social Drinker is something of a problem in itself. A person who goes to a bar or around to friends’ place every night and drinks heavily might claim to be a social drinker.

      A better definition of a social drinker is one that is based on (a) how much a person drinks, and (b) their relationship to alcohol. A social drinker is therefore someone who only drinks occasionally, does not need alcohol to have a good time, and does not get into trouble or feel regret because of alcohol, does not think about alcohol, and

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