I respect your toughts on this but im not agree. And its ok .No offence really . Alcohol is just a symptom . We are all good people anyway 
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Thank you it might not be a symptom for everyone. I honestly donāt know and Iām learning everyday. For me I know I started to drink and liked it because I have anxiety. I think I will always have anxiety. I used alcohol to numb it so in a way itās like a symptom or side effect of an underlying problem. Iām choosing to quit booze because Iāve relied heavily on it and itās not healthy. Just my thoughts now. This is a long road and Iām being honest when I say my ideas on this might change. Itās still to early. Itās great to hear everyones thoughts. Thanks
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I will and thank you! I hope it works for me too.
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An alcoholic, no matter how long theyāve been sober, is and always will be an alcoholic. Such is the burden of the disease. Alcoholics can, and often do, have the ability and will power to refuse that 1st drink, but if they lapse and take it, they wonāt stop at just one. Itās a mental defect of alcoholism, just the way it is for us. Fight it all you want, but many of us who fought that fact did indeed relapse, and relapse again.
Some people, who may have been heavy drinkers, did not succumb to the defects of alcoholism and may have stopped in time before it took its roots. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to be moderate drinkers ever again. Myself included.
Calling it alcoholism, or yourself an alcoholic, isnāt truly labeling anything. Itās being honest with yourself, and knowing that you have a problem with something. How else can you fix something if you donāt know what is wrong? By refusing to call something what it is, you create a mental block in your mind that you can still drink and just be fine. But if you are an alcoholic, this will land you with more problems, in a hospital, jail or even death.
And while everyone on this forum, and indeed this post, may not be an alcoholic, just remember that many of us who are have said the same things you all are saying. Weāve all had those thoughts, and weāve all fought that fight. Some won, many lost. The important part is to not give up when and if you do relapse. Just keep moving forward and take it one day at a time.
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Alcoholics donāt use āIām an alcoholicā as a reason to drink. Those of us in denial do. Knowing we are alcoholics is what lead us to recovery. But everyone is different, and if just āknowing itās poisonā is what keeps you from touching it, good on you.
But as for the āincurable diseaseā of the alcoholic, it truly is. There isnāt a day that goes by that I donāt see or hear about alcohol that makes my throat just a little thirsty. I have to remind myself daily of why I canāt have it. A normal person, one without this disease, does not have to do that. Itās not usually a thought for them, to have to find and remind themselves of reasons to not drink.
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Something else Iād like to bring up is that there is no study that is 100% about alcoholism. So really no one knows for sure yet if itās a disease or something else. 
For me, if I call my drinking a disease it takes away my accountability for my actions. If I have a ādiseaseā itās not my fault and I couldnāt help starting or quiting. Make sense? I had the power to start because I chose to and Iām quitting because I m choosing to. I do agree I should never drink again because I developed a bad habit and would go back to drinking heavily.
Use the big book guys. Dive into it . I cant tell u to do so but just an offer . Many stories from around the world ā¦
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