Originally Posted by
FeelingGreat 
Hi, welcome to SR. I was a lone drinker too and nobody thought I was an alcoholic, but I knew. You much have been at the tipping point when you went to the meeting.
I'm 2 years in, and I can't conceive of drinking again. Life's not all roses but I love that I'm not a helpless alcoholic ruining my health.
Thank you! Even 2 weeks in, I can't imagine going back to that life.
The strange thing is, I had no tipping point really. I got alcohol poisoning in January and told myself I wasn't going to drink again. Then, I did. Over and over. I guess it was the first time I became extremely frustrated with my lack of willpower/self-discipline because previously I could delude myself into believing I had some semblance of control over it.
The night I finally contacted people with the intention for getting medical/therapeutic/anything help, I had just had a bottle of champagne. For some reason, that comparatively minor drunk episode was what sent me over the edge into extreme dissatisfaction with my powerlessness.