My story is exactly the same... Thought I just 'liked' a drink. Who doesn't after a stressful day at work and then home to an environment that was even more stressful??I never drank in the morning so I couldn't be an alcoholic, I can stop at anytime I told myself. Until I tried to stop of course.
Someone said to me here, "If you think you have a problem, then you probably do"
Wishing you the best.
M