People may drink only at weekends, but if they often get drunk at weekends, they certainly have a drink problem. You must be absolutely honest, and there can be no exceptions, two units of alcohol on any occasion, but no more than two drinks a day. If you can do this for a month, you still have control. If you cannot, you had better start at once to do something about your drinking. I can stop at any time All alcoholics can and do stop drinking and many for long periods, but when a drinking session starts the alcoholic has no control of the amount consumed, and goes on drinking uncontrollably and excessively.
Some people seem to drink heavily for many years before any harm is noticed.
It is not your age or how many years you have been drinking but what alcohol is doing to you. Loss of control can occur anytime in a person's drinking history. If you think you have a problem If you feel you have a problem do seek help. You may feel that you will never be able to control the alcohol or even admit you have a problem, but the problem will get progressively worse if you do not face up to it. It is a fact that other people have asked for help and found the situation can be resolved.