When I gradually began to reveal my decision to quit drinking (that I DID quit drinking)...nobody really thought I was an alcoholic either (lotta confused looks) but like somebody said already, their votes don't count. I knew I was in trouble and needed a better way to live. Whether I am an alcoholic or not was as irrelevant then to me as it is today and other people's opinions on the matter are even more irrelevant. One thing I am sure of is the fact that if I didn't quit when I did (high bottom) and continued on the path I was on; people would soon enough be thinking I was an alcoholic.