i remember a time a few years before i stopped drinking, sitting in my recliner getting drunk, saying to myself'"i know im an alcoholic, but why cant i stop drinking???"
i drank for a few years after that and it wasnt admitting i was an alcoholic that got me to stop.
it was admitting alcohol was the common denomimator in all my problems.
i can call myself an alcoholic in recovery today with no shame in doing so. an alcoholic is what i am,not who i am.