Well actually, this is a good thread for that point. How IS alcoholism different than an addiction?
Here and again, I see people who describe how they could kick the drug habit or the cigarette habit, but not booze. That's my experience too!
I've seen, but never posted in, the drug addiction threads... there are people who are clean from drugs and don't do ANY mind altering substances and they include coffee! Wow! That's hard core if you ask me. I don't understand that. I can get out of hand with the coffee and stuff. But I don't trip on it too hard. I never try to punch doctors and cops out when I'm all Mountain Dew'd up and stuff. I've never wrecked my car sober. I've never even been thrown in or carried into jail sober... or on coffee. I've never ever been seriously depressed or in self pity when on coffee.
But I digress. I don't mean to go off on a coffee rant, but am I different than the non-alcoholic and hard drinker, and if so, how?