No more booze? What name would/do you go by?
May 7, 2021 at 10:56 am
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2021 at 11:01 am by Duty.)
I'm recently committedly off the poison and am SOMEWHAT on the fence about how to describe the status of being a...teetotal? Recovering alcoholic? I think the term I currently prefer is "ex-alcoholic" but I've never heard it used before - because it doesn't make sense to call somebody who never drinks as having a drinking problem, so "recovering alcoholic" seems inappropriate. "My name's Jim and I'm an alcoholic. I haven't had a drink for 25 years and am doing fine" - that makes no sense to me. An alcoholic is somebody with a drink problem. Somebody who simply doesn't drink alcohol and is a OK = no drink problem and therefore no kind of alcoholic. Thoughts?
ETA: I guessed this is the right forum as psychology primarily and therefore bio-science ultimately...
ETA: I guessed this is the right forum as psychology primarily and therefore bio-science ultimately...