To me, you're an alcoholic if when you stop you have physical withdrawal. If you need to drink rather than just enjoy drinking. There's probably a fairly wide g

To me, you're an alcoholic if when you stop you have physical withdrawal. If you need to drink rather than just enjoy drinking. There's probably a fairly wide grey area. I've always felt that drinking was a choice not a compulsion. I can go a week with no booze and have no symptoms. But occasionally I get past that limit and my self control evaporates and I pay for it the next day.