the diagnosis our psychiatric masters have come up with for the DSM-V era is "Alcohol Use Disorder". it has a 12 month lapse date; ie, you no longer have an "active" alcohol use disorder on the 366th day after you last misused alcohol.
Would it be fair to say that after that 366th day that you still have an alcohol use disorder, just that it isn't active? Popular perception states that, for a full blown alco, a single sip can and will put you right back where you started. That's how physical addiction tends to play out.
Anyway, while I wouldn't say that my relationship with this drug is healthy, I also wouldn't say that I'm an alcoholic. Still, I worry sometimes.
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