Do normal drinkers do anything on that list?
For me those behaviours are not "normal", people who don't have an issue with alcohol don't hide their drinking, drink in the morning, and pretend they haven't drank.
There's probably not a lot of difference between "alcoholic" and "dependance", alcohol was ingrained in my life so much that I'd almost have a panic attack over thoughts of taking it out of my life, so it was one in the same thing for me.
Whatever I called it, I needed to part ways with alcohol on a permanent basis, it was doing me no favours either way!!
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