my drinking (and overdrinking ) is an addiction, much like cigarettes....
it's not a disease for me and too many people use it as an "excuse"...oh poor me, I have a big disease of pouring booze down my throat.
I tell myself that I am not a masochist, I don't enjoy doing things that make me sick, look like crap and slowly kill me. although it took a long time to get to that realization.
but that is really all it is....a liquid, a beverage, not anything more, I put booze in it's place, it's just a beverage
....if I drink it, I feel awful, look awful and it exacerbates depression. I don't drink and I have more control over my life.
there are wonderful tasty beverages that are great and give me health.
that alone is a reason to celebrate....control what you can and live well.