Originally Posted by
DayWalker 
Not to get off on a different subject but I perosnally don't see any difference between a "heavy drinker" and an Alcoholic. To me they are the same thing using different labels.
I agree. Problem drinker is another one.
I can't see how you can have an issue with alcohol at all and it not involve a lack of control.
I think this all springs out of AA's explanation about how some become sober without AA and that is if you were not an alcoholic to begin with ... which is an insult to those who work hard stopping their very difficult and ruinous addictions, getting healthy without dedicating their life to some alcoholic organization/identitiy.
It's especially bad because some will try to rationalize their problem as just "problem drinking" or "heavy drinking" (which for some reason makes those around you want you to stop) and this just leads to more drinking and more problems period.