Our drinking often hurts the people we care about. If we acknowledge it soon enough, these relationships are probably salvageable.
It’s very rare that someone in recovery looks back at their time spent drinking and can say there were no red flags indicating that they had a problem or were headed down a slippery slope. The truth is that when these red flags present themselves, you may prefer to look the other way or make excuses. Acknowledging such red flags may mean finally admitting you have a problem with drinking, which can be scary and confusing. It may seem easier to continue denying that problem exists. But eventually, writing off those red flags will likely catch up with you.
Rather than prolong the inevitable, you may find that it helps to start paying attention to the warning signs that come up in your life and determine what they may mean about your drinking habits. There are numerous red flags I wish I had paid more attention to when I was drinking, and I think they’re fairly common ones. Here are just a few.
[For more on this story by Beth Leipholtz, go to https://www.thefix.com/4-red-f...have-problem-alcohol]
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