Originally Posted by DayTrader

and Tacks... I had MANY years of successful drinking, many years where I could take it or leave it, many years where there probably wasn't any sort of alcohol problem.

but......somewhere along the way......I crossed that invisible line to where I couldn't stop. period. could NOT stop no matter what I tried.

You can either stop on a non-spiritual basis or you can't. If you can, you're not an alcoholic - get some support, get some help, just don't drink, go to meetings, whatever....just stop drinking. If you can't, welcome to the club. Neither could I