ScottFromWI

No one can tell you that Arctic. You know that too and you've asked the same question to SR in a roundabout way over the past years. It's a very positive step to have seen a counselor, but I think you may be mis-interpreting the results as licence to keep drinking.

I don't go around telling people I am an alcholic, and frankly I don't really even apply the term to myself. I do know that my drinking was unmanageable and was slowly desroying my life. I also know that drinking was an all-consuming obsession for me. And quite frankly, if you read back through your posts it is a very consuming obsession for you too. It would be interesting to see what your counselor would have thought if you could have shared some of your posts like this one about your rage during withdrawals

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...issed-off.html

Or this one about your attempt at moderation

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...d-quickly.html

Or this one about another moderation attempt

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...all-right.html

Bottom line, drinking seems to cause a lot of problems for you. One counselor's opinion is not nearly as imporant as what you think yourself. Do you think it would be OK for you to just keep drinking moderately?