Old 05-31-2018, 05:18 AM
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I'd say from your remarks that you are using the wrong definition of an alcoholic.

The def that says an alcoholic is someone that has a desire for intoxication is addicted to alcoholic , is unable to remain abstinent. That the presence of a desire is the sole impetus for alcohol consumption. This is the AVs definition.

The actual definition is in your OP , that you are neither happy nor sad about your consumption, you are ambivalent to alcohol consumption. Use of the AV's definition blinds you to the operative effect of recognizing the 'truer' definition. The fact that you are ambivalent allows the AV definition to be operative ,i.e. drinking ensues in the presence of desire.

Being a common teetotaler has everything to do with 'ending' the ambivalence and very little , if any, to do with the presence of desire.
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