Old 02-02-2015, 08:36 AM
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Nonsensical
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Originally Posted by MesaMan View Post
To date, I usually say 'I don't drink anymore...' without further needless detail.
I getcha. I also agree that one could live happily ever after without ever contemplating the needless details, but we have wandered down a semantics hole and I find it interesting.

So how would you finish the sentence "I don't drink anymore because..."
...because I was an alcoholic?
...because I have a genetic predisposition to alcohol dependency?

...because I choose not to? That would be accurate, but it avoids the issue of why you concluded that it was the right decision.

I don't drink anymore because I was an alcoholic and I would surely be one again if I started drinking again. Does that mean I am not an alcoholic now?

I don't really care. The labels don't matter to me. Just wondering what people for whom the label matters call that condition that made the rational decision to not drink the right choice for them.
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