I was, a so called (professional/academic) but the alcohol took me.
Alcohol doesn't differentiate. But when I joined AA I could find few folks who had my history. Most were, I drank a bottle of wine a few times a week, for a few years I thought .....really? I drank a couple of bottles of wine every day, then more, for over twenty years:so I couldn't relate.
But, since leaving AA and researching and understanding the mechanism in everyone's brain; I've understood addiction can affect everybody, no matter who they or there drinking patterns.
I found freedom from addiction through following the advice in the posts in the Secular Connections section of this site. I learnt Rational Recovery AVRT and the rest is history: I'm now a non-drinker!