Menachem Shmei – That’s a good question.
My understanding of alcoholism is that its really an addiction where you can’t stop even if you want to, have physical withdrawls, drink more than you meant to, make poor choices, and it causes problems in someone’s life.
None of the above applies for me.
However during a particularly difficult period in my life I realized I was essentially drinking one drink a day. This is not considered excessive but it was not a healthy trajectory. I was using it to cope as I find it calms my anxious mind which they say can lead to alcohol dependency.