Ainsley has a drink in the morning on rising and a cocktail with breakfast. She usually sneaks a snort during the morning ("just to get through the day") and then drinks during lunch. Later, at home, she generally has a small dinner and sits in front of the TV and drinking wine, often an entire bottle. Somehow she manages to get up and go to work the next morning. Ainsley is displaying:

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Ainsley's behavior aligns with substance use disorder, characterized by a pattern of using alcohol that leads to significant impairment or distress, including a strong desire to use alcohol, difficulties in controlling its use, persisting in its use despite harmful consequences, a higher priority given to alcohol use than to other activities and obligations, increased tolerance, and sometimes a physical withdrawal. Her daily consumption, reliance on alcohol to "get through the day," and the amount consumed indicate a problematic pattern of use rather than isolated incidents of binge drinking, withdrawal symptoms, or delirium tremens.

Ainsley Has a Drink in the Morning on Rising and a Cocktail