what a strange article.... i was going into it thinking (sarcastically) MAYBE i am an almost alcoholic...!!!!
Alcoholics are people who fall asleep in skips. Alcoholics get into fights. Alcoholics start the day with a shot of whisky. Alcoholics are drunk all the time. Alcoholics can't hold down jobs.
then i read "their definition" ...
- dang it! alcoholic by their standards too.
edit/addition - i think this is pretty sketchy ground for a journalist or anyone to try and tackle... and i dont know why anyone would try honestly ... but they did - i dont agree with a lot of the article's assumptions etc , but imagine there are cases ... i also think for most it is a matter of time - and ever impending "yet" of doom - and by adding an Almost - they just add a little longer to suffering of anyone who thinks they may be an alcoholic .. no one WANTS to be an alcoholic. No one wants to be the drunk. we all want to think well maybe we are ALMOST alcoholics.