Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by <3: It’s part of French culture to drink wine often, why isn’t this considered alcoholism? ?
It’s part of French culture to drink wine often, why isn’t this considered alcoholism?
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Answer by Natasha
Probably because when someone is an alcoholic, they can’t hold their liquor well, and they do irresponsible things while drinking or to obtain the alcohol. It affects their personal lives negatively, regarding families, work, responsibility, etc. Wine is something that many European cultures value and incorporate into their daily lives, so it doesn’t affect them the same way it does here.

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Question by Jinny: Why do smoking and alcoholism so often go hand in hand?

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Answer by 7777888
because of its addictiveness!

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I’ve been on probation for six months now, half of my probation sentence for a dui, and I’m just wondering how often my color will be called for random screening, and how to go about getting my probation mitigated.
The reason I’m asking is not because I’m worried about passing the tests, but because it costs me a lot of lost time at work to take them. And I’m the sole provider for my son, so every hour counts.
I started the probation six months ago, and I had to do drug and alcohol counseling, as well as an assessment to determine my addiction level. When the assessment came back with the results saying that I needed no further treatment, my P.O. got pissed, and decided to assign me a color for random testing. This woman has not liked me from the moment I set foot in her office. She threatened to lock me up for V.O.P. when she found out I was taking cough syrup, for a cold, and I wasn’t sure if it contained alcohol. I’ve never been in any trouble with the law before, so if I don’t understand what she’s talking about and ask her a question, I get bitched at and threatened some more.
I have all my fines paid off, I’ve satisfied everything the court has asked of me, except the last six months of this probation. That is why I’m curious how to go about mitigating it.