Originally Posted by AVRT
"I'm an alcoholic" is not my last name
LOL. I'm with you, AVRT on this one! It'll be a cold day in hell before I identify and define myself as who I am with a diagnosis of any kind... psychological or physiological.
I called myself an "alcoholic" in your poll last week. I'm not afraid of categorization or labels as a means to an end (and that end is a normal, satisfying healthy life... as I define it for myself... free from addictions that take away quality of life).
However, I'd rather die than live out the rest of my life going to meetings and appealing to a power outside myself to secure my very existence.