That’s not how addiction works. Firstly, addiction is not a defined term in the medical or psychological fields so the conversation is kind of pointless. Secondly, amount has nothing to do with it. Lots of people have a “nightcap to help them sleep” every night. That is dependence and problematic or colloquially, addiction even if it’s only one drink.
That is in fact how addiction works. If you don’t trigger any effects then you do not develop the addictive response. Quantity is absolutely a factor to some degree and a single drink for most adults will not trigger any euphoric effects.
OK and what about for the people who one drink does trigger an effect?
a single drink for most adults
Again, what about for the people who it does? You’re being quite absolute here. What I’m saying is you cannot use amount alone to determine whether or not it’s problematic. You said it yourself, it’s a factor. You originally used it as a determinant.
So no, that is not in fact how addiction works. I’ve spent the last 10 years studying psychology and I’m a PhD student in the field now.
I have a drink after work most days and have done so for years. It helps me unwind and gets my stress level down to where I can actually relax in the hour or two of free time I have before bed, but I wouldn’t say I’m addicted. If I have places to be or things to do or just don’t drink one or more days it’s not like I’m craving it.
This is me. Maybe 3 days a week, I’ll enjoy a drink (sometimes two if I’m pouring, say, a lighter gin & tonic) before bed. I can stop drinking at any time. And I regularly do, during one of my diet cycles or after getting back from vacation when I wanna take a break from alcohol.
That’s not how addiction works. Firstly, addiction is not a defined term in the medical or psychological fields so the conversation is kind of pointless. Secondly, amount has nothing to do with it. Lots of people have a “nightcap to help them sleep” every night. That is dependence and problematic or colloquially, addiction even if it’s only one drink.
That is in fact how addiction works. If you don’t trigger any effects then you do not develop the addictive response. Quantity is absolutely a factor to some degree and a single drink for most adults will not trigger any euphoric effects.
OK and what about for the people who one drink does trigger an effect?
Again, what about for the people who it does? You’re being quite absolute here. What I’m saying is you cannot use amount alone to determine whether or not it’s problematic. You said it yourself, it’s a factor. You originally used it as a determinant.
So no, that is not in fact how addiction works. I’ve spent the last 10 years studying psychology and I’m a PhD student in the field now.
I have a drink after work most days and have done so for years. It helps me unwind and gets my stress level down to where I can actually relax in the hour or two of free time I have before bed, but I wouldn’t say I’m addicted. If I have places to be or things to do or just don’t drink one or more days it’s not like I’m craving it.
This is me. Maybe 3 days a week, I’ll enjoy a drink (sometimes two if I’m pouring, say, a lighter gin & tonic) before bed. I can stop drinking at any time. And I regularly do, during one of my diet cycles or after getting back from vacation when I wanna take a break from alcohol.