Originally Posted by
cuyootoo 
People are just so judgemental about alcoholics, and to define oneself by an illness or character defect seems like a terrible thing to do.
That makes sense. I guess I don't really define myself as an alcoholic in the way you describe. In other words, the fact that I am an alcoholic does not define my being, but rather serves as a way to contextualize and categorize my behavior, thinking and tendencies in terms that others can understand.
I do define myself as a fundamentally broken person, but that has more to do with my views on God than it does with my views on addiction.
