If you're asking the question honestly, that already takes courage. Here's an honest look at the signs.
An honest look
First — the fact that you're asking matters. People who have no issue with alcohol rarely lie awake wondering whether they do. There's no single test, and only you can really name what's happening, but these are the patterns that come up again and again. Reading them isn't a diagnosis — it's a mirror:
You plan on two and wake up wondering where the night went. The "off switch" doesn't seem to work the way it does for other people.
Rules, dry months, "only on weekends" — they work for a while, then quietly fall apart. Trying and struggling to stop is one of the clearest signals.
Mornings, money, relationships, your own self-respect. If alcohol keeps showing up in your regrets, that's worth paying attention to.
When drinking becomes how you manage stress, sleep, or anxiety rather than something you enjoy, the relationship has shifted.
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