Originally Posted by
Arpeggioh 
In my personal life, having friends and family aware of my addiction is helpful and supportive. In work settings, it has bitten me in the butt a few times over the years, whether I was drinking or not. As for the label: "alcoholic" is never used as an official diagnosis by health care professionals. Some may bristle when they hear we all suffer from AUD (Alcohol Use Disorder), and call it more of the PC, don't-offend culture that Thomas59 spoke of, but I prefer that term because it is more encompassing of many types of problem drinkers, and carries less stigma than the loaded word "alcoholic."
That being said, I still wouldn't list it on a job application...
AUD ( alcohol use disorder) sounds a bit better but suggests to me that it is only a disorder when alcohol is in use IE when we are in active recovery ,sober we dont have AUD ..... Labels , who needs them but I suppose we need to use some form of identifier .