Hi there, LG1!!! I, too, am a binge drinker. I wouldn't say I drink as much as some, but the problem wasn't the amount (of course it was sometimes, though! lol), but the fact that I HAD TO every certain amount of days. I convinced myself that I wasn't an alcoholic sheerly because I never craved one in the morning after a bender. Also, because other people told me I was fine. Uh-huh...as if they knew about the obsessive thoughts in my head...
The thing is, I knew there was a problem because I couldn't stop the binges...I would think of reasons to justify it, or to celebrate something, or because that day ended in "-day". There were a ton of reasons to keep drinking. But the number one reason to stop drinking for me was because I COULDN'T stop drinking. That was a problem.
Keep posting, read as much as you can, we're here to help you out in any way, just as I know your story will help others.