Originally Posted by
Gottalife 
Heavy drinkers as well as alcoholics can suffer withdrawals, and not suffering them does not disqualify one from being alcoholic.
The question ought to be more about the power of choice and whether you have lost it or not. A better indication of alcoholism would be ifyou want to stop and find you cannot.
Why not take a break from drinking, say three months, and see how it goes.? That should give you a clearer picture.
the answer is that I'm addicted. I have given up 3 times before, my most successful time was when I did it with my ex. It was so hard because I was living in the middle of Edinburgh, people were partying around me 24/7 and I had a lot of issues giving up. I hardly drank for a year and a half but as soon as we broke up it was game on again as he was like my policeman..
I'm on day 2, yesterday was easy today will be harder.