Symptoms
Alcoholism signs and symptoms include those below. You may:
• Develop tolerance to alcohol so that you need more to feel its affects
• Be unable to limit the amount of alcohol you drink
• Feel a strong need or compulsion to drink
• Not remember conversation or commitments, sometime referred to as a “Black out”
• Keep alcohol in unlikely places at home, at work or in car
• Be irritable when your usual drinking time nears, especially if alcohol isn’t available
• Have legal problems or have and other problems with relationships employment or finances due to drinking
• Lose interest in activity and hobbies that used to bring you pleasure