Originally Posted by
doorknob 
I guess I'm not an alcoholic, I just have serious mental problems and use alcohol and pot to cope. Which means I don't belong here, which makes me really sad, which makes me want to drink, or smoke pot, or drop acid, or just smash my head against a wall, or nail my foot to the floor board of my Ford (or Subaru)...
Hmm, interesting DK. I wonder, although I don't know you so I can't say.
My friend of many years - drug and alcohol counselor for 15 years with the DOD - he still won't pronounce me as "alcoholic." For me, I think psych issues are primary. Now, this isn't to say alcohol hasn't taken on a life of its own, as it has. But it's really the chicken or egg question. In the end, who really cares?