Welcome. I hated the term alcoholic too. I just took it a bit too far sometimes. Like a frog in slowly heated up water, my actions got worse, but I could make excuses. People make jokes about drinking a couple of glasses of wine after the kids go to bed. Why not a bottle? Why not two? People have drinks at lunch. Why shouldn’t I drink before picking up the kids (not driving FYI). It just got worse. At the end, alcoholic was the only label that fit me, even if I wasn’t having the shakes in the morning (yet?). But you don’t need to have a label. Abusing alcohol in any way at any level is enough reason to get it out of your life. There are plenty of resources here.
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