is a person who keeps a bottle of rum next to their bed on the floor an alcoholic? ?

14 responses so far ↓

• 1 ♥ Lady marmalade ♥ // Nov 9, 2008

  it all depends how often the drink from it
  and how much they drink, having the bottle doesn’t make them an alcoholic
  x

• 2 va_tankz26 // Nov 9, 2008

  no just a repeated taster…….

• 3 AquaDragon // Nov 9, 2008

  unless they have a medical condition like a sickness.

• 4 Tony M // Nov 9, 2008

  Maybe, do they drink from it in the morning to cure their hangover?

• 5 shaffers34 // Nov 9, 2008

  no maybe a person who has a bottle in about 10 different places and drinks everyday constantly is

• 6 Sally Cat // Nov 9, 2008

  Umm… no. Only if you consume a lot of alcohol you are considered an alcoholic. I could have a bottle of rum next to my bed, but that doesn’t mean I drank it haha.

• 7 CantTellYouNow // Nov 9, 2008

  You aren’t an alcoholic unless you go to meetings

• 8 mishykat // Nov 9, 2008

  if you NEED alcohol to cope then your an alcoholic.

• 9 luzerlarry1 // Nov 9, 2008

  i would say yes.

• 10 lostAgain // Nov 9, 2008

  not necessarly maybe they just like to have a nightcap while in bed - now if they drink in when they wake up then it’s a possibility

• 11 utopia7697 // Nov 9, 2008

  not if its full. they are just prepared for the worst.

• 12 The Jazz // Nov 9, 2008

  LOL
  I had a bottle of Bicardi next to my bed for ages,
  But thats because I unpacked my bag from the weekend and I had a real busy week and hadn’t found the time to tidy up my room lmao

  I looked like an alcoholic but it’s just where the bottle ended up,

  So I don’t think it does make someone an alcoholic, no.

• 13 vickiemay // Nov 9, 2008

  Is the bottle full one day, !/2 empty the second & again full on the third ? If so, they are An alcoholic! if the bottle stays the same they may have been having a bad day, & felt like a few swigs, & forgot they left it! That does not make them an Alcoholic. It could also be they went out partying one night , bought it because they figured they were not done drinking & took it bed ,but passed out , because they really were done!

• 14 Chuck U Farley // Nov 9, 2008

  I would certainly question the need to do that. It’s impossible to say anyone is an alcoholic without discussing their life patterns with them, but your scenario sounds ominous. It sounds like someone who “needs” the alcohol first thing in the AM. That could possibly be the DT’s (delerium tremons).