Am I an alcoholic? with Don P.
 

This is a link to part 4 of Don P in a recorded AA talk.

He is going through the book Alcoholics Anonymous, and is in the chapter "There Is A Solution" to help us find out what a real alcoholic is.

At this point he poses the question, "Am I an alcoholic?"....well let's see what an alcoholic is:

Don P. from Aurora, CO doing a step workshop in Slidell, LA - December 5th-7th 1997, don-p-slidellp4199732.mp3

XA-Speakers - The lights are on!

The big book suggests to try some controlled drinking. Usually we can't do that, but time has proven that many can stay stopped on shear will-power alone for long periods of time (we are certainly hard heads!).

Someone suggested this to me:

Try not drinking, if things get better, alcohol was the problem and the solution is not to drink again.

Try not drinking, if things get worse, depression, irritability, restlessness and discontent is how you feel, then alcohol was your solution and you need a new one so don't drink and work the steps of recovery (or find another solution other than alcohol/drugs).