Your drinker type
You're The Stress Drinker
You use a drink to change how you feel.
What The Stress Drinker looks like
A rough day or a stretch of pressure is what puts a drink in your hand. Your intake swings a lot from day to day, and it climbs fastest in the hardest weeks. Using alcohol to manage stress is a pattern that is said to escalate over time, so having other ways to reset makes it easier to come back.
Where this type gets stuck
- ! "Today is an exception" repeats, and the busy weeks quietly stack up
- ! You regret it afterwards, and the regret itself becomes a reason to drink again
- ! The more tired you are, the less energy you have to reach for anything else
What tends to work for The Stress Drinker
- 1 Note what was going on each time you wanted a drink, and look for the repeating scene
- 2 Line up two or three non-alcoholic ways to reset that work even when you are worn out
- 3 Put 30 minutes between getting home and deciding whether to pour anything
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About this result: it is a way to reflect on how you drink, not a medical diagnosis. To gauge the risk level of the amount you drink, take the AUDIT-C based drinking habits self-check. If cutting back on your own feels difficult, talking to a doctor or an alcohol service is one option.
The other types
The Routine Drinker
Drinking has become part of the shape of your day.
See what works for The Routine Drinker →The Social Drinker
The room sets your pace, not you.
See what works for The Social Drinker →The Reward Drinker
A drink is how you pay yourself back.
See what works for The Reward Drinker →