Do You Have a Drinking Problem?

Whether or not someone is an alcoholic can be a very sensitive topic. It can be hard to look at yourself in the mirror and be honest about whether or not you have a drinking problem.

Not sure if you have a drinking problem?
Take a minute to reflect on your life and ask yourself the following questions –
Do you feel disappointed or angry if you go to an event and there is no alcohol available?

Do you have trouble maintaining a relationship for any length of time?

Do you lose your temper all of the time?
Are hangovers and drunkenness preventing you from making it to work, spending time with your kids or saving money?

Are you in debt and you don't know why?

Do you drink alone or in secret?

Do you forget conversations or do others accuse you of repeating yourself?

Do you drink in secret or at odd times of the day or when you are alone?

Have you lost interest in hobbies, pastimes or favorite interests?

Do you have a few drinks and start quarreling?

Do you go to a bar every night?

Are you amazed by the way you can drink and drink and drink without getting drunk?

Are you unfaithful to your mate?

Do others say your personality changes when you drink?

Is everyone abandoning you, refusing to lend you money or socialize with you?

Do you have trouble meeting your commitments or responsibilities – especially financial ones?

Has your drinking sabotaged the completion of a major task or job at work, or home?

Are your kids and other family members avoiding you and you don't know why!

Have you continued to drink even though it is causing problems in a relationship and someone is asking you to stop

Do you have recurring legal problems as a result of drinking including fighting while drinking or being sued by landlords because you spent the rent on drinking

Do you drink and drive?

Are your loved ones actually threatening you with an intervention?

If you even answered yes to just two or three of these questions then it is likely you have a drinking problem.
According to information released by the World Health Organization a few years ago, alcoholism was one of the 10 biggest risks to health on a global basis.

In fact, in some developing countries, alcoholism was said to be the biggest single threat to health whereas in the industrialized West, it was the third biggest health risk!

Needless to say if you think that you or a loved one (such a teen or a spouse) had this problem then your entire family's safety and peace of mind is at risk.

It Pays to Be Second Hand Rose

Why is it that it is always at the time when you least need things to go wrong that they are almost always bound to do so. Murphy's Law I guess. That is how I feel about this recession.

Thus it is that when money is extremely tight, this is the time when it is guaranteed that major household appliances will start to seriously malfunction and so on.
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When this happens the first question that needs to be asked is, does whatever it is that has just died really need replacing? After all, whilst a second or a third TV set in the bedroom might be handy, it's not really something that you could genuinely claim to be absolutely essential.
There are lots of things in my life that are luxuries and that I can live without. But, what do you do when something really does have to be replaced?

The simple answer is, try to find whatever it is you're looking for a second hand, rather than immediately driving down to the mall to buy a brand new one.

No matter what you are looking for, you will be on to find a bargain if you spend enough time and make some effort to find what you're looking for.

The first place you should look would be on a global auction site like eBay.com. Another way of trying to find what you need online is to look at free classified advertising sites like U.S. Free Ads or Craig's List Alternatively, try searching Google for national classified ad sites for whatever country you're based in, because again there are plenty of sites like this.

There are also lots of ways that you can find high-quality, recycled products using offline resources as well. For example, most major towns and cities have a local newspaper, and many of these carry classified adverts. In addition, major cities often have free advertising newspapers or journals that are distributed to the user at no cost, with advertisers paying for their adverts to be featured.

One of the major advantages of buying recycles or used goods nowadays is that most modern equipment is made to last, and often times, people are getting rid for a reason that has nothing to do with something being worn out. For example, with the soaring rates of divorce all over the world, it is a fact that an increasing number of homes end up ‘splitting' with the result that the home contents (generally, in very good condition) end up on the market.

This is of course terribly unfortunate for the original owners, but when you're having a tough time in your life, you cannot afford to be overly sympathetic to others, so you should take advantage the cheap offerings.