Signs of alcohol dependence
Signs of alcohol dependence include:
- not being able to function without alcohol - for example, not being able to do your job or carry out daily tasks
- drinking has become an important, or the most important, thing in life
- continuing to drink despite negative consequences for you or your loved ones
- finding it difficult to control the amount or the times when you drink
- finding it difficult to stop drinking when you want to
- not always being able to plan with certainty how much you are going to drink on an occasion
- drinking increasing amounts of alcohol
- craving alcohol or having withdrawal symptoms
- not seeming to be drunk after drinking large amount
