Alot of theses relfect on really whom i was lol before sad
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You Might Be One If You Tell your wife your good to go to the store 4mins down the road and take your dog and your dog slamming his head on dash and windows and the dog is scared …but not making it to the gas station only to turn around because your to f’ed up lol i live on backroads in the country side
My Favorite tho Is you might be an alchoolic if you drink water to surprise your liver . My wife would give me grief when if i ever had water and she was like tossing your liver into shock ?
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You’ve only ever blacked out once, you can easily not drink if you have a reason to such has needing to drive. But if you don’t have a reason not to drink oh my god the cravings. The smell, the taste, the feeling, it bores into your very soul. There’s no escape you can’t focus on anything else, in the early days it was a huge wave to ride. It’s getting less frequent but still an overwhelming pounding that takes over my senses when comes.
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This is my first time learning that I’m not the only one did this and that others are bothered by the sound of clinking bottles! Wow. What a profound moment for me. 
Also, I will add - being sober for not very long yet and when I open a can of soda, feeling the need to be really obvious about the fact that it is a soda and not a beer. “Hey everyone, I’m not lying this time! Look! It actually isn’t a beer!”
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I even found a way to remedy the clinking bottles! I used to put them in a plastic bag and tie it up tight so they couldnt move 
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I remember smuggling those little shot bottles into the house by sticking them inside my socks.
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I did the same thing. I wore tall socks and I could fit a dozen of the double shots. You are the first person besides myself that I heard of doing this. I thought I was so sneaky. When I was fully loaded I bet I walked funny, when I was empty I couldn’t walk at all hahaha. Glad I don’t do that shit anymore.
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I wore baggy Dickie’s work pants, so it was easy to conceal.
Yes, I too am glad this chapter of my life is closed for good. 
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I occasionally used my socks as well, like you and @WilliamBloke , but my go to stash spot if I wasn’t carrying a purse that day, was my bra! 
Depending on the style, I could fit up to 6. I’d have to be careful with certain shirts or they’d stick out. Or worse, fall out! Looking back now, it’s crazy that that was just normal, everyday life for me. Adapting in order to serve my disease. So grateful I’m not a prisoner anymore
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That’s funny. Didn’t it make your boobs all misshapen? The crazy shit we do to serve our addictions, it truly is slavery.
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Nah. They down the middle and on each side, sideways, under my armpits 
I got hiding spots for days! When I got rid of my old couch, I found a rogue shooter stuffed in the cushions. I was already 5 months sober then. Scared for what’s under my bed, when I finally get to cleaning that mess 
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This is a good thread where everyone talks about where they hid theirs 
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I found a random shot glass in a boot in my closet.
When you drink vodka right out of the bottle.
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… if someone can smell you from upwind , you might be an alcoholic
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You have many different spots to buy alcohol, because if the folks at one of your spots only sees you once every 2 weeks, you dont appear to have a problem.
But that isnt always fool proof. I was so ashamed once because one of the cashiers at a spot said “ive carded you so many times youd think Id have your birthday memorized by now”. Ouch.
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If you’re so embarrassed or ashamed of your drinking/behavior during that you don’t even tell your best friend about it
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I rotated between 4 different liquor stores and usually hit at least 2 of them every day. All 4 would be a real bad day. The cashiers would be grabbing my bottles before I even made it in the door! No shame. I’d already accepted I had a problem. Just didn’t care 
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Having swigs of straight whiskey before I drink “only a 6-pack” of beer in front of the wife.
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You might be a recovered alcoholic if you worked a program (any program) of recovery and as a result you are now living a life beyond your wildest dreams
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…or a quiet, chaos free life. 
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