What Is the Real Definition of an Alcoholic?

Question by Becca: What is the real definition of an alcoholic?
Just because I drink now and then, people call me an alcoholic. I thought the definition was someone who can’t give up drinking. I can.

If I can drink, but can stop whenever I want, am I an alcoholic?

If you’re not obssessed with drinking, and could swap it for orange juice when you wanted to, would you call that an alcoholic? Even though you still drink?

Best answer:

Answer by Kasumi
A person suffering from alcoholism

Alcoholism: An addiction to the consumption of alcoholic liquor or the mental illness and compulsive behavior resulting from alcohol dependency.

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