Hello Coffeeaddict:
You are looking at this in a vacuum. Alcoholism is not determined by simply monitoring the number of drinks or number of times a person drinks. It is a many faceted disease, which is why chemical dependency assessments take one to two hours to complete (sometimes longer). Would someone even have to exercise "moderation" if they could just drink moderately without thinking about it? Is this process of thinking about it (trying moderation) actually a sign that you need to look at to see what it is telling you?
Sounds like you feel you have a problem that needs handling, and you are trying some way of controlling it yourself. Do you want my permission to try to moderate your drinking? O.K., you have it. There, how does that feel? Do you feel like an alcoholic? If you are not sure, that is fine for now. Why not give your plan a try and get back to us?
But let me ask you this: if you have more drinking that you think might be more than you planned, would you have any problem asking a professional for a real chemical dependency assessment to see what their opinion is?
