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Is drinking 1-2 bottles of 42 proof vodka a day considered being an alcoholic?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Size ?: Airline mini bottle size or larger? What you describe sounds quite worrisome and warrants medical evaluation.

Answered 12/2/2020

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