Originally Posted by
Nonsensical 
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 to drink alcohol for me is to be horribly drunk same day. Chronically drunk to be sure. Why chronically drunk? I'm an alcoholic and being one means alcohol gets me drunk without remedy except to not drink it in the first place.
Being an recovered alcoholic describes my past, present, and future relationship with alcohol ie my alcoholism illness.