Alcoholism is a complicated disease, it heavily depends on a person's predispositions which are both genetic and psychological. A lot of times alcoholics don't

Alcoholism is a complicated disease, it heavily depends on a person's predispositions which are both genetic and psychological. A lot of times alcoholics don't even realize they're alcoholics, they can often maintain a job and relationships meanwhile abusing alcohol in order to deal with problems or in other ways. The disease can also be slow to progress, often people can hold things together in their life for years before things start imploding on them.