This includes your health, your work and your life at home. You may have a problem with alcohol if you think about drinking all the time, if you keep trying to quit on your own but can't or if you drink more than you plan to. You may plan to have only a couple of drinks with dinner and end up drinking for the rest of the night. This is the end stage of alcohol problems, when a person has lost his or her family, job and health to alcohol. You don't reach this stage overnight.
Many people find it hard to admit when alcohol is a problem.
Often, those around you see the problem before you do. Think about the things mentioned here. Think about what your friends and family say to you about drinking. Then talk with your family doctor about your concerns. If you answer yes to one of the questions, you may have a problem.