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Could getting drunk 1-2 times a week for around a year make you alcohol dependent?

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Yes,: And you are by now dependent and alcoholic! go for help as i doubt u can sober up by yourself. You are only 17 do not go down that path that will destroy ur life. The choice is yours...

Answered 9/5/2013

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