Originally Posted by
Terminally Unique 
I was once horribly addicted to alcohol, but now I am not. I simply never drink, and that is that. Former drunk? Ex-alcoholic?
So you were an alcoholic before...When do you recover in Rational Recovery?...Is there anything like a spiritual awakening as a result of the steps?...The obsession to drink lifted?...like in AA. You don't consider yourself an alcoholic...Do you consider yourself a recovered alcoholic? I mean the OP said this...And your response is you don't accept that label...Did you accept it before you became an ex-alcoholic? I don't know if that makes sense or not...Just trying to figure it out.
I also need to post here as I'm having a rough time dealing with and accepting the label I now live with - Alcoholic. It's humiliating and humbling.
Not everyone accepts the label. I, for one, do not consider myself 'an alcoholic', and I never will. I'm not alone in this, either.