Hi All,
I'm just a newbie here and newly sober but I plan to tell people, I am a non-drinker or I don't drink--and that's all. If they push the issue I may offer that alcohol and I don't mix. I don't see the need to label ourselves unnecessarily or make a big deal out of it. After all, that's why I am drawn to AVRT to begin with. All my life I have been labeling myself as an alcoholic with a "disease". I am so happy to be done with that label. "In recovery" sounds too much like AA for me, no offense to anyone that works for. It worked for my dad--he hasn't drank in over 25 years but he's still calls himself an alcoholic and believes he could still slip up. Not for me, thanks.