Originally Posted by
AnvilheadII 
were you there IN the room when the counselor said this? OR are you getting this report from your AH.
often counselors will "ease in" to the conversation about addiction.....my own therapist (25+ years ago now) suggested that perhaps i had an "addictive personality" rather than coming right out and labeling me as an addict. that allowed me to sort of try on this addictive thing....without feeling pigeon holed OR resentful.
and yes there ARE different types of drinkers...even the Big Book of AA makes the distinctions....in Chapter 2, There Is a Solution, starting at page 20.
http://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/en_bigbook_chapt2.pdf I guess that makes sense, no I wasn't in the room but I can usually tell when he's lying and he seemed thrilled that he wasn't an alcoholic and surprised by my reaction.
One of the things I like about this board is people are blunt. I like people to just say what they need to say even if it hurts my feelings I'll still mull it over and use it if I can.