Archive for the 'Alcoholism' Category

Bill M Addiction Story Part I

Friday, May 25th, 2007

I had my first drink of alcohol at age 14, when I shared a bottle of 100-proof bourbon with two friends. One drank about six shots, got sick, and may have never been drunk again in his life. The second drank double that, and never showed the effects at all. In fact, he made fun […]

Tolerance and Alcoholism

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

One Drunks Opinion
By Bill M
Most people would define addiction as “dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming.” That is certainly an accurate description, but it’s not complete. Princeton University, for example, includes the words “being abnormally tolerant to [and]” in front of that. The mention of “tolerance” before “dependence” is no accident, and […]