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1. Nonalcoholic Chemistry (Normal Drinker)
A6 With a few (one to four) drinks, alcohol has a sedating effect on you.
B3 You probably have no outstanding memory of your first alcoholic drink or your reaction to it.
C5 Your alcohol use is usually light; hangovers are rare.
D4 Typically, two to four drinks are enough for you.
El Usually, no one on either side of your family drinks or has frequently drunk large amounts of alcohol.
E6 Some of your biological relatives come from southern Mediterranean areas of Europe.
F3 Getting sedated by alcohol is the typical response of a nonalcoholic.
G3 Your ability to "keep up with the boys" when drinking at parties is poor. You would consider it punishment to have to drink twelve beers or a pint of vodka daily and simply couldn't do it, no matter what your personality or character. You are blessed with the chemistry of a nonalcoholic drinker
2. Nonalcoholic (Alcohol-Intolerant) Chemistry
A2 Drinking even a little alcohol tends to make you dizzy or nauseated or causes flushing or other negative reactions.
B2 Your first drinking experience made you sick.
B4 Because of alcohol's negative effects on you, it has never had any appeal.
C6 Even a little alcohol may give you lingering effects the next day.
D5 Because you dislike the way even a little alcohol affects you, you don't drink.
E8 Your family may be of Oriental extraction and you may possess only one alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme in your liver.
F3 Getting sedated by alcohol is the typical response of a nonalcoholic.
F9 Alcohol offers you no rewarding highs; it only upsets you physically.
G3 You learned quickly that you are alcohol intolerant and you avoid drinking.
3. Nonalcoholic Hypoglycemic Chemistry (May Mistakenly Be Labeled Alcoholic
Al A little alcohol tends to make you light-headed, spacey, and uncoordinated.
A8 If you are a female hypoglycemic you often want and use more alcohol premenstrually; your altered hormonal levels depress glucose metabolism, resulting in severe sugar cravings. Alcohol can temporarily correct this by supplying your brain with glucose, its vital fuel.
B3 Your first drinking experience probably does not stand out in your memory.
C6 You usually get a hangover from moderate drinking because alcohol triggers an outpouring of insulin, which creates mild to severe insulin shock and symptoms of fatigue, confusion, depression and irritability.
D8 If you are a woman, you may drink more alcohol premenstrually.
D9 The effects of one or two drinks on your empty stomach are dramatic. You almost certainly feel a quick lift followed shortly thereafter by light-headedness, confusion grogginess, clumsiness, and weakness.
El Quite possibly, no one in your family is a heavy drinker. Or...
E7 A close relative may be alcoholic, but even a few drinks make you spacey. In certain alcoholic families, one or two children may inherit the tendency to abnormal glucose metabolism (hypoglycemia) but be spared the high tolerance for alcohol that can lead to alcoholism.
F3 You may be the type of hypoglycemic who tends to become light-headed and sleepy rather quickly as a result of drinking alcohol.
F10 You usually feel a quick sense of well-being from a drink or two.
G3 You never could handle much alcohol. You don't need much to raise blood-sugar levels; a drink or two gives you the temporary lift you seek.
4. II ADH/THIQ Alcoholic Chemistry
A3 Alcohol gives you energy and improves your performance. or...
A5 It used to do this, but now it just stops the shakes and restores you to normal.
A9 You need several drinks to get the feeling you seek.
A10 Alcohol is stimulating the production of endorphins; gradually, this will inhibit natural production of these opiates. Depression can develop as natural endorphins become less available; drinking temporarily relieves your depression.
El Your first drinking experiences were pleasant; alcohol didn't make you sick.
C2, C4 Alcohol causes few adverse effects; your hangovers were rare in the heyday of your drinking, but years or even decades later liver damage changed the picture.
Dl You can handle a lot of alcohol. For many years you did not ordinarily have hangovers or experience other alcohol-related consequences.
D7 Besides your ability to handle a lot of alcohol well, you tend to be a Type A personality compulsive with a strong sex drive; you require very little sleep to function efficiently.
E2 A close relative has shown a pattern of high alcohol tolerance.
E5 Your ancestors are predominantly northern European or Native American.
F2 After years of handling a lot of alcohol super normally, you are finally showing signs of the damage alcohol is doing to your brain and nervous system.
F4 Alcohol serves to rev up rather than sedate you; you can party for long periods with few or no signs of intoxication.
F6 Alcohol helps you handle situations that make you anxious.
G1 You had a high tolerance for alcohol even as a teenager. Or...
G2 Your tolerance increased markedly with continual use of alcohol. Or...
G4 Your high tolerance of yesteryear has declined after a long drinking career.
5. Allergic/Addicted Alcoholic Chemistry
A4 Alcohol will exhilarate you at first, but you often lose control and may drink until drunk.
B2 You probably can remember getting sick after your first drinking experience. At the time, your body was able to tell you how it felt about alcohol. With repeated use, your body was forced to adapt and accommodate alcohol. The result is the altered response of allergy/addiction.
C1 You usually have serious after effects the morning following heavy drinking because of the toxicity of alcohol to your allergic body.
C3 Depression usually follows a night of heavy drinking.
D2 You often can't predict or control how much you will drink at one time because alcohol quickly alters your brain's ability to make choices.
D3 You may go without alcohol for days, weeks, or even months, but when you drink, you tend to binge, sometimes for several days.
D6 Daily exposure to such chemicals as gasoline, formaldehyde, printer's ink, and hydrocarbons can easily intoxicate your sensitive brain and set off cravings for alcohol. If you work around these chemicals you may notice an overwhelming urge to drink immediately after work.
E2 Typically, you have a close relative with a similar drinking pattern. Or...
E5 Your relatives are all teetotalers for good reason. Chances are you are of predominantly northern Europe or Native American background.
Fl Your personality and behavior are often dramatically affected by alcohol because your brain and nervous system are easy disrupted by alcohol's toxicity.
F5 When drinking, you often engage in arguments and bar fights with anyone, even total strangers.
F6 Alcohol tends to mediate your high levels of anxiety and is your preferred way to deal with stress.
F8 The physical changes alcohol triggers in your allergic brain can result in irrational or bizarre behavior; contrary to appearances, you have little control over these actions once you are locked into this altered brain state.
G5 You often can't control how much you drink.
6. Omega-6 EFA (Essential Fatty Acid) Deficient Chemistry
A7 You know you can temporarily relieve depression by drinking alcohol.
B1 Your first drinking experience produced immediate relief from long-standing depression.
C3 Your depression returns after you stop drinking.
D10 You drink daily (or frequently) to prevent depression from returning.
E2 You have relatives who are alcoholics and/or depressed; there may have been some suicides in your family.
E3 Your ancestry is predominantly Scandinavian, Irish, Welsh, or Scottish.
F7 You have come to depend on alcohol for relief from depression present since childhood.
G1 Your tolerance for alcohol probably has increased over the years. Or...
G4 Your tolerance may be much reduced after years of drinking which has caused liver damage.
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