I also spent too many years over anyalizing the situation. What I finally came up with is the label doesn't matter to me. Addict, alcoholic, pothead, mentally ill, these are all words that could be used to describe me. None of them really matter. The fact is, I have a problem. The only thing that matters is, what am I going to do about that problem? Once I finally got to that point, things became a lot easier. Take care