Question by monkeyluver13: How do alcoholic young adults, mainly females, act?
I’m writing a book on two young adults coping with the alcoholism of a freind, and I want to research the problem before I start writing about it. The internet is an endless hole of useless information, so if you have dealt with someone that was/is an alcoholic female, please respond!!!
*PLUS: If you know any links to websites that can give me the general behavior of an alcoholic, please note them in your reply!!!*
I would love these specific details:
How they react to boyfreinds/life partners
How they react to close freinds
Eating habits (if they eat)
How often they drink
When and If thier moods ever change according to the place or time
Attitudes towards parents or AA meetings
Best answer:
Answer by kendizzle
Of course they eat. Every human eats or else they die.
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I have found out through my experiences with alcohol female young adults to be quite discertaining. They are VERY horny and wanting to get in any bloke’s pants. Plus, they’re not very smart.
go to soberrecovery.com and read those boards..(forums)
it will be a real eye opener
I guess I would be a good first person to ask. I know I am not an alcoholic yet, but I know I am on my way. I am only 18 and have been drinking pretty much everyday (with exceptions) for the past 13 months…And before that drinking alot on weekends..occasionally on school nights. I am now a freshman in college, living on my own, which makes access 1000x easier than ever before (not like it was ever that hard though). I drink pretty much every night before the next day’s classes, wake up with killer hangovers forcing myself to throwup and feel better..I actually missed an exam once and sent my professor an e-mail lying about why I missed it. It may not sound like much but when I think of it, I don’t know why I would ever even think of letting myself miss such an important exam. I think that alcoholic behavior is dependent upon the person completely. I think there is a huge correlation of rationalism involved with all alcoholics though. My friend and I are very similar and share the same alcoholic tendencies..binge drinking all the time..finding its almost impossible to stop at 6. For me and her, our tolearance is out the window compared to other girls our ages. I think I feel like the amount I drink is normal in reference to other people because tolerance is such a dependent variable. I do find that there are a limited amount of things I enjoy doing in comparison to chilling out with a beer or drinking while doing that particular thing. I don’t know what kind of reference behavior-wise your looking for. Perhaps, it is hard for me to note my behavior first hand..But, I look to alcohol for a good time, and it is impossible for me to go out and not drink. I know a lot of relatives that are alcoholics and they focus their whole lives around drinking besides work in the daytime. My grandma’s friend, who is beyond her days, will only drink beer. She wakes up and drinks all day. I think that alcohol is such a risky thing to get involved with. I never want to end up like any of these people and I refuse to. The hard part is changing the behavior though, and that is something I have in common with alcoholics. You feel like, well…what else am I going to do? I am doing great in college, on my way to a dual major in Biology/Env. Science hopefully..but, I have assessed my situation accordingly and for the past month in particular my drinking has substantially lowered. I know that this kind of thing is not okay for me, it’s incredibly unhealthy, not worth my money..I think what got me drinking less of this pathetic substance was a guy I recently met, although no one important..He has made me feel no need to drink the amount I did. Drinking till I blacked out was normal, if not daily since moving out..I expected not to remember things when I woke up. It was casual. I would put myself in vulnerable situations because of alcohol. Something I have experienced the worst of when I was just starting off my drinking habits at 16. You would think that I would have learned something, and I thought I did…but I haven’t. I think that alot of young alcoholics have issues in their past in relation to family though. I have not been through anything dramatic in comparison to my friend who shares the same habit. I can see how drinking starts and what pushes it on for some people, but for me..I really don’t know. I feel like I started with the impression of having good times and still feel that way. I just realize the dangers of keeping up such a nasty habit, especially when I am so young. I don’t know if this will help you at all, but I tried..
not all alcoholics react in the same way, especially depending on the level of alcohol abuse, but the similarities would be mood swings, erratic behaviour emotionally detached, particularly if the partner is not a drinker, they become a threat, to the alcoholic, who will usually try and hide the amount they are consuming. Close friends become less important, eating is usually left until after the drinking binge and is usually not healthy food. A chronic alcoholic drinks 24/7, but there are alcoholics who may only drink every three months but on these occasions they go on drinking benders which can result in blackouts. There is a misconception that you are unconscious in a blackout but the fact is you can be fully conscious and have no recollections of what has occurred, people have been known to commit murder in an alcoholic blackout. I am an alcoholic in recovery (9yrs sobriety) and my attitude to anyone who tried to stop me drinking was to remove them from my life or threaten to leave unless they left me alone, but eventually you come to a stage in your drinking, when the alcohol stops working fully and panic attacks, anxiety, paranoid behaviour and feeling sick all the time may lead you to seek help. A.A was the last place I ever thought I would go to and in the beginning I hated it, but I liked what they had, peace self confidence, self esteem, self respect, and I wanted what they had so I stayed and did what they suggested and it worked and I am extremely happy today! Good luck with your book.