While DSP isnt technically an alcoholic hes definitely a seasoned pro at drowning his sorrows in booze. I remember last stream he drank on he did some straight shots of liquor (tequila?) and swished it around his mouth. Why pay extra for top shelf when you trained yourself to choke down the cheap shit.
I think alcoholism is the penultimate topic of this thread,
second only to depression where alottapeepul say a lot of things but there's a lot of meandering because DSP couldn't possible be an alcoholic because it would absolve him of his sins or there is some strict definition for alcoholism - these same people seem to also think that depression has a strict definition too when it quite similarly vague.
Now I'm ready for a good old fashioned neger sperg post because I know people love them, and if I time this right I can start a sperg fight for DSP's next day off.
Being an "alcoholic" is a very personalized term for lack of a better word. There's many cultures where people drink tons so the benchmark for alcoholism is sort of higher and there are people who think their drinking is way out of control because they have like 2 glasses of wine a night. Then you obviously get people who drink a gallon of vodka every morning and say they have no problem in their life despite their life being in shambles - and then you obviously have the gallon vodka breakfast drinkers who have a happy, loving family and lead a fulfilling and happy life.
"isn't technically an alcoholic" is an interesting way to put it and DSP definitely seems to have learned over time how to ride his hangovers but given WWE champions spending occurs when he is presumably drunk at night and also the fact he is know for 4 AM gintweets/messages I'm leaning more towards him being an alcoholic (which basically just means a problematic relationship with alcohol)
I had questioned in this thread previously whether he was even drinking that much but given the total wine bills (the power bill and the internet bill) and also the KC DM leaks it's pretty clear he's very likely an alcoholic.
There's other interesting and related questions such as whether or not he needs to drink and I'm guessing the answer to that is yes and it seems likely that his drinking definitely impairs other parts of his life negatively. It could probably be strongly argued that he uses alcohol as a coping mechanism to avoid dealing with his problems (which would well and truly make him an alcoholic)
I'm beyond certain that if he ever went to therapy or even a doctor and was remotely honest about how much he drinks and the rest of his life they'd try to get him to at least try to cut back.
Derish.