Originally Posted by
Kcas 
I understand there is a distinction between an alcohol abuser and an alcoholic?
I find this distinction is mostly important to the person with the alcohol problem.
In 1990 I sat in an AA meeting and listened to stories about things I had never done and could never imagine doing. I decided I was an alcohol abuser and didn't belong in AA.
In 2013 I sat in an AA meeting having done nearly ALL of those things. Was I not an alcoholic in 1990? Does it matter what it was called and when?
You didn't cause it. You can't cure it. You can't control it.