Talk:Dipsomania

message: Adrian Edmondson? Yeah, his character in Bottom might be dipsomaniac or drunk or alcoholic, or what ever you want to call Edward Hitler. But is there any practical evidence that Ade himself, might have same kind of tendencies?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.128.193.166 (talk) 23:55, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I hadn't heard about this before seeing this article, but I feel like i have something similar to it - it's not a physical dependency because it happens even when I haven't had alcohol in months, and that dependency is part of what makes something feel appropriate to call addiction in my head. I agree with the paragraph below here with the platonic regard for alcohol bit. Anafyral (talk) 10:45, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early remarks 

message: The definition of dipsomania is very close, identical some would say, to the definition of alcoholism, especially when you consult with the actual people involved.  In the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (Chapter 3) alcoholics describe themselves thus: "We alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control our drinking. We know that no real alcoholic ever recovers control. All of us felt at times that we were regaining control, but such intervals, usually brief, were inevitably followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization."  The term "alcoholic" is a recent invention; before AA, chronic drinkers were called dipsomaniacs.  Their family would refer to them as dips, or dipsticks, or worse. Bushcutter (talk) 03:05, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Dipsomaniac vs alcoholic

message: As there isn't any scientific/medical information on this page, recommend merging into alcoholism and making a subsection with a description of the etymology and history of the term dipsomania.--Xris0 (talk) 00:32, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, there are 6 disagrees and 3 agrees, over a period of 3 months. I think the consensus is pretty clearly to disagree, so the merge tag should be removed.Aroundthewayboy (talk) 13:39, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge into Alcoholism

message: On the other hand, in the modern world, there are many treatments (chemical, pharmaceutical, and spiritual) for dipsomania and alcoholism. Most current treatments are covered and linked through the alcoholism and related articles.
I'm replacing 'spiritual' with 'psychological', as the term spiritual is vague and unfalsifiable, leave it for use in articles about religion.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daemonax (talk • contribs) 22:34, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cures section 

message: I removed this section, but it was restored by another editor as it "helps to explain what a dipsomaniac is". I don't think that it does this, or that it's appropriate for the article, and have removed all living people from the list as it's inadequately sourced and there's no consensus. Also does everyone listed here meet the requirements? Peter James (talk) 20:05, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I just restored some examples, because I think that they hopefully do illustrate what was considered a dipsomaniac historically (as distinct from an alcoholic today). I hope my edit might prompt a respectful discussion, though, to see whether there is a consensus to remove or retain these examples. Aroundthewayboy (talk) 03:22, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous dipsomaniacs 

message: Is it contradictory that it's stated the term was coined in the 19th century but there is an 18th century sculpture titled it, depicting it as the first image? Frobird (talk) 15:08, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of term