Is Wolverine an alcoholic?

[lord odin]

He`s always shown drinking what do you guys think?

['Nuff]

I'm always drinking...I ain't no alcoholic...Cuz I don't go ta meetings...I'm just a drunk....:buttrock:

[psycho shark]

lol! He can't even catch a buzz because of his healing factor, so I doubt it. He's always smoking a stogie too.

Hehe... I'm about to go out back and smoke a stogie and have a frosty hef (or two) myself. :thumbs2:

[lord odin]

I'm always drinking...I ain't no alcoholic...Cuz I don't go ta meetings...I'm just a drunk....:buttrock:
Nuff said.:laugh:

[Nitefall]

A friend once told me you are only an alcoholic if you admit it. I have never seen him admit that. :thumbs2:

With his body he could probably drink gasoline and not feel it.

[lord odin]

lol! He can't even catch a buzz because of his healing factor, so I doubt it. He's always smoking a stogie too.

Hehe... I'm about to go out back and smoke a stogie and have a frosty hef (or two) myself. :thumbs2:
But it seems like he can`t go one day without a beer even if he doesn`t get drunk.

[Teague]

Wasn't it established that he couldn't get drunk, or would sober up within minutes? Not that he can't be an alcholic even if that's so, but it's probably less likely (or more a behavioral addiction than a chemical one).

I think Wolvie's susceptibility to alcohol has been portrayed in many different ways, though.

[Nitefall]

But it seems like he can`t go one day without a beer even if he doesn`t get drunk.

Doesn't matter. To him it's only medicine. Keeps his arteries clear.

[wolverinejedi007]

Whats it to ya bub???

[lord odin]

Wasn't it established that he couldn't get drunk, or would sober up within minutes? Not that he can't be an alcholic even if that's so, but it's probably less likely (or more a behavioral addiction than a chemical one).

I think Wolvie's susceptibility to alcohol has been portrayed in many different ways, though.
I wonder what Tony Stark thinks of his drinking?

[psycho shark]

Tony taught him everything he knows. Took him to a few keggers ...things got a little wild.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/pooney1313/kegger.jpg

[Sledge Hammer!]

Drinking is only a problem if it causes problems, so I'd say no. I believe that Wolvie could easily do without alcohol, he just chooses not to. :)

[Batwing]

Does the healing factor also prevent Wolvie from getting a beer gut?

[hawkeyethearcher]

he could get drunk back in the 80s' but not for long. his healing factor would sober him up. he even told that to kitty when he was stumbling around the grounds. the way his healing factor is now i doubt he could get drunk at all.

[AsOneDead]

I don't think so, since he can't really get drunk. It's like Bender from Futurama and his smoking habit, he does it just to look cool.

[Justin]

No i dont think he is

[risingstar]

Wolvie is definitely an alcoholic, albeit a relatively functional one.

[risingstar]

Drinking is only a problem if it causes problems, so I'd say no. I believe that Wolvie could easily do without alcohol, he just chooses not to. :)



That's an interesting view and approach to alcoholism. Some might argue that excessive drinking, in and of itself, is already a problem.

Also, to respond to another post, Wolvie does feel a buzz when he drinks. He just doesn't generally feel plastered, at least not for long. If there was no pleasure or sense at all in drinking, he wouldn't do it at all. And, he certainly doesn't do it to look "cool" as that would imply a measure of insecurity that doesn't fit the profile of the character. If it did, his alcoholism would take on a whole new meaning as would his seemingly death-wish approach to fighting. Ultimately, Wolvie does what he does because he likes it. He's generally been vulnerable to his primal urges and instincts. That's the sociopath in him.

Bizarre views in this thread.

:)

[Teague]

Wolvie is definitely an alcoholic, albeit a relatively functional one.

I'd agree with this, though I think it's a behavioral addiction, not a chemical one. Which only means that his system doesn't crave it--so he can go long periods without drinking, or going through any sort of withdrawl.

The interesting thing about Logan is that he is perhaps the most functional alcoholic ever in the history of alcoholics, since he never really gets drunk. He can drink and drink and drink, and he just gets a slight buzz for a short while. Easily overcome, especially if a situation arises that requires his immediate attention.

So Wolverine is perhaps the only alcoholic that can literally drink all the time, but never really show any of the adverse results of that drinking. No health issues, no incapacity due to drunkenness, no blackouts, etc.

[Argonus]

Funniest poll ever. :)

Don't alcoholics rely on booze to function? Wolverine's "addiction" seems to be whetting his claws with the blood of the enemy.. haha. If he didn't have the healing factor to negate intoxication, I'd assume he wouldn't drink as much as he does now, however... lest he stab someone in a brawl, or hurt himself in some fashion.

[lord odin]

I got two friends and one of them is an alcoholic he`ll even tell you he is and he can get up in the morning and go to work but when he gets home it`s beer time.
The other can drink like 4 beers and he`s well on his way to staying at the bar for several more hours.
It`s good that both of them don`t drive.
I think Wolvie is an alcoholic also.

[pendragon]

So in the Marvel Universe, it's ok to be an alcoholic, but it's wrong to be a smoker?
:banghead:

[risingstar]

So in the Marvel Universe, it's ok to be an alcoholic, but it's wrong to be a smoker?
:banghead:



Goodness, I think they all but took smoking out of Marvel by the 70s already...
I wonder how many Marvel heroes still smoke? I think there's Fury, the Thing, Wolvie...

Trivia: When was the last time we saw Reed Richards smoke his pipe?

[Teague]

Most of the smoking done by Marvel characters even into the 80s and 90s were the somehow-less-offensive (?) cigars...and yeah, that was mostly Ben Grimm, Wolverine, and Nick Fury.

Still, some villains still smoked (the Mandarin could be seen with a hookah pipe sometimes), and some of the bad-boy heroes smoked too (Gambit did, originally).

Other than that, it's been relegated to minor characters in "adult" themed books for a long time now, it seems.

[risingstar]

Ooooh... Good one. I forgot about Gambit!

[Sledge Hammer!]

Having worked in a drug and alcohol treatment centre I don't think my view is weird at all, just practical and realistic. Drinking is a problem when it becomes a problem. That problem might be tendency towards violence, it might be not being able to function without alcohol, it might be health related or anything else, but it's when it becomes a catalyst or crutch that's when you've officially crossed the line.

Some people can drink and get blitzed every weekend and it still not be a problem, it's just recreation. A way to wind down or whatever. Other people can't take one drink without serious negative consequences of one sort or another. That's why I say drinking is a problem when it causes problems, because once is starts causing problems, health, behavioral, whatever, that's the indication to take a serious look and seek help. That's the line in the sand.