"...It's interesting that some people use the term 'Recovered Alcoholic', but to me that would mean I could go back to normal drinking..."
This may be your definition/understanding of the term 'recovered,' but it's not most folks' (certainly not dictionaries); I recovered from a broken leg, doesn't mean I can't break the leg again; or I recovered from the flu, doesn't mean I'll not get the flu again; or the often used, I recovered from a gunshot wound, doesn't mean I won't be shot again; etc.
Many folks use the term 'recovered' because they are in AA, and this is the term used by the founders of AA. In fact, it's even on the title page of AA's BB (all editions)...........:
"The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism"
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NoelleR