Hi JTele, glad you here this is a great place. According to "the professionals" I'm not an alcoholic, I was a problem drinker; according to some I'm not an alcoholic because I was able to quit/recover and stay this way for 3.5 yrs so far w/o any type of formal program and I never had any cravings before nor since and didn't really have any withdrawal symptoms; however, drinking was a problem for me and I have no doubt that if I drank again it would again be a problem and possibly worse so I choose to not go there. I've been coming to SR for 2 yrs and yes there are a lot of people here whose problems were much worse than mine and often in reading their stories I realize how lucky I was that I didn't "get that bad" and it reinforces my resolve to never drink again; there's also a lot of people here whose problems were less than mine but either way there are great people here who I can relate to as we all have the same desire to not drink.
So good for you on 30 days of freedom!