Originally Posted by Rio97

I struggle with the label as well, for most of the same reasons already stated. I have a couple of family members that throw around the term so loosely it makes me uncomfortable, and is at odds with how I feel about it. And this idea that we must fit some sort of mold as to what a"real" alcoholic is. The term definitely has a stigma, evenI feel it, and I think is a big reason I've had a hard time giving up alcohol.