I might not believe in tax, but there it is.
I listened to a talk partly about how the dsmv views alcohol problems. They use the term alcohol use disorder and have stopped using the term alcoholic. I got the impression that this was, in part, because the badge "alcoholic" created confusion when applied too broadly.
The terms chronic or severe alcohol used disorder covers what AA refers to as the real alcoholic, but that is only a relatively small proportion of the total. AA has an effective treatment program for these types of which I am one.
They told me this is a disorder with a very long tail. There are many variations along the spectrum towards the severe cases and there are effective treatments for pretty much all sufferers who have not yet reached the stage where they have lost the power of choice. Further, most aud sufferers will not reach that stage at all.