Hi everyone
I'm also a bit confused now. If you can go for 3 or 4 months without drinking does this mean that you are not an alcoholic? I binge about twice a month on a Friday or Saturday, black out, embarrass myself, injure myself, say things I don't mean, and give myself a 10 hour hangover where I am vomitting every 10 min. The next day I feel incredible guilt and shame. I swear not to do it again and again, but I do. It happens by mistake, I only mean to have a few drinks. So I was pretty convinced that I was an alcoholic. But then the voice of doubt says that I've stopped drinking for 4 months before. And I can have 1 drink and stop. I have to stop before I start enjoying it otherwise it turns into a blackout. Please would someone tell me if I'm an alcoholic. I'm scared of going to an AA meeting and having them laugh at me.