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Is My Alcohol Consumption a Problem? An Early 30s Man's Dilemma

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General Physician - Answered on May 02, 2024

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Asked by Anonymous - May 01, 2024Hindi
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I am an early 30 aged man. I have a public job which I can say is a descent one. I am married and have a kid. I can't say I am an alcoholic but in someway my happiness is associated with alcohol. My job requires me to travel a lot and on those days I can do without any drinks. But on my off days I tend to drink like half a bottle of whatever alcohol I desire and the only thing I can say about is I gain happiness from it. On rare occasions I am tipsy. I give my family time and carry out daily chores as usual while at home. On the downside, drinking has made be obese and somewhat ill. But I can't figure out if I want to drop alcohol or not. Because as I said I don't see addiction anywhere in my inclination to alcohol but I derive a strange kind of happiness from it. Can you analyze my situation and give some advice?

Ans: In my humble opinion, it is unhealthy to drink so much. That you feel that your happiness is depending on alcohol rather than life in general may need a little introspection. You are still very young and this much drinking is quite likely to have negative effects on your metabolism, your liver and your heart. It would be a great experiment or try and stay away from alcohol and any other similar mind altering substance for at least a year and see how you can derive happiness/ contentment from other aspects of life.
I would be very interested to know your approach going forward.
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