Originally Posted by
aussie89 
I am going to limit myself to 6 standard drinks, measured, each night. If I happen to exceed this number on even one occasion - I will 'declare myself an alcoholic' and go to A.A.
I know the Big Book of AA does recommend trying some controlled drinking to diagnose yourself as an alcoholic, but I seem to recall something in that very same chapter of the BB about trying to abstain for an entire year to reach a similar conclusion.
I'm not surprised that you have latched on to the first idea, but since you seem rather hung up on whether or not you are an alcoholic, I must ask the obvious. What makes you think that only alcoholics shouldn't drink?