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Message: [QUOTE="McLovin, post: 3610047, member: 9450"] The easiest way to know if it is a problem or not is if you can stop yourself from drinking / control yourself while drinking. Are you able to have just 2 beers and be done? Can you take a Friday night off and not even think about having a beer? Is it a "need" feeling (physical) or a "want" feeling (mental) when you start drinking? I have had my struggles with alcohol and was in therapy for a while to help control it. I knew it became a problem and time to get help not because of the amount I was drinking (which still wasn't healthy) but because I lost all control over my ability to not / stop drinking. Professionals can call it what they want, I guess it would be labeled as "high functioning alcoholism". I never drank during the day, only after work hours, some nights until 1AM or 2AM. Had a lot of hangovers but it never affected my job (the worst year of my addiction I was the #3 salesperson globally at a Fortune 500 company) but it definitely affected my personal relationships and my physical and mental health. Long story short, if you feel like you are in control while you are drinking (even though its more than any doctor would "recommend") you're probably good as long as it isn't having any negative health effects. If you feel like you don't have control over it, then its probably time to get some help. DM me if you (or anyone else on here) have questions. [/QUOTE]