Question: If I drink alcohol, at work, but it's out in the open?

Question

am I still an alcoholic?

Answer 1

It depends...if you're a Quality Inspector at Budweiser, I'd think it was expected. If you're a driving instructor, it's probably a sign of a problem...

Answer 2

If you drink, and drink often, you could be going down the path of becoming an alcoholic. You have to ask yourself some questions.

Do you have to drink to have fun?

Do you "need" a drink?

Have you hurt yourself or someone else when you were drunk?

Can you not have 1 drink and stop?

If you answered yes you may be going down that road!

And I agree Mc Cain Sucks k***s!

Answer 3

not until you reach the point when people can get intoxicated from the alcohol in ur breath.

Answer 4

Being an alcoholic doesn't really mean you have to hide it. I mean how many homeless people have you seen lugging around tall cans or paper bag covered bottles. On a side note, when did drinking from a paper bag ever seem inconspicuous?

Answer 5

If you are dependent upon it then yes.  

Answer 6

Only if you drink so much that you begin to spill...THAT'S alcohol abuse at it's worst!

<----he's an alcoholic

Answer 7

Not if your employer allows it.  I know a company that stocks beer in their pop machine.  However, they cannot drink until near the end of the day.

Answer 8

If you drink it constantly and drink it even when you're already drunk, when you have a hangover, and when you drive...yup. However you may want to be careful at work, my work's been firing people for drinking it on their premises.

Answer 9

possibly, totally depends on your circumstances :)  

Answer 10

Not if it's for medicinal purposes

Answer 11

you can drink at work? sweet!!!

nah, I dont think you're an alcoholic  

Answer 12

No...

It's means you bucking for a promotion...

Answer 13

of course not silly.  remember, alcholics drink alone and hide it.  

if it's not hidden and you're not alone then...

Answer 14

You shouldn't be drinking at alchol at work anyways

Answer 15

Duh! Alcoholics are known for hiding their drinking. You are so not an alcoholic.

But you are still easy, right?

*crosses fingers*

Answer 16

I've decided you're only an alcoholic if you go to those d**n meetings.

Answer 17

h**l yeah.  How are you able to get away with drinking at work?  My husband used to sneak out for a drink in his dinner hour and was suspended.  He would have probably been sacked but was expecting redundancy 2 months later.  How much do you drink a day?

Answer 18

I would say yes but a healthy alcoholic

Answer 19

Nah, just tell them it's for you sinuses, that's what I do

Answer 20

if you do it all the time, h**l i used to drink a 6 pack of beer at one of my old work places cause i got every single work done and there was nothing else to do. i usually like to blaze myself up just before i go to work, and no one noticed a thing. it's not my fault i worked at jobs that aren't appealing to me.

and the jobs i do like, they are never hiring, so i might as well sugar coat my work life in some way.

Answer 21

You know if you are an alcoholic or not. I would suggest you not drink at work but if you have to then your question is answered.

Answer 22

No, but you have the same job as I do, because I am at work, drinking a beer and answering this - wait, am I an alcoholic?

Answer 23

I drink at work every day!  Some days I drink lager, bitter, stout and wine within the same shift!  Testing my products each day is a tough job but someone has to it.  It's just one of the worst bits of being a bar owner!

Answer 24

Yep and probably fired too - jobs frown on that sort of thing.

Answer 25

only you can say that

Answer 26

Nope, Alcoholism is drinking with a purpose, you haven't told us why we are drinking and concealed or not it doesn't matter. If you are drinking just to get through your day, then yeah that is a pretty safe bet that you are suffering from the disease known as alcoholism.  

Answer 27

No, its the hiding it that makes you alcoholic

Answer 28

By work, do you mean a meeting?

If the answer is "no", then you are not an alcoholic.

Answer 29

I need a job where you can drink alcohol at.  Were you an alcoholic before you got to work and started drinking?  If so, then yes you still are.

Answer 30

If you need alcohol at work, you may not be an alcoholic, but you may have one foot on the first rung of the ladder to alcoholism.

Answer 31

you are only an alcoholic if they send you into AA so until then drink up.