Originally Posted by
AudreyH 
can you have a drinking problem without being an Alcoholic. Is there a difference.
Certainly. The difference may be in the degree of difficulty you have in quitting and staying quit.
Oddly enough, it was harder for me to quit thinking I only had a drinking problem. Thinking I could quit "any time," since I only had a
problem, kept me drinking for 35 years. Once I realized I was an alcoholic, the decision to quit was easier. The quitting was hard, but the decision to stay sober has been easy.