Behaviors of Alcoholics: How Do You Define an Alcoholic?

Question by Johnathan: How do you define an Alcoholic?
Friends keep telling me that because I drink 1-3 drinks a day, alone, and drink when I’m upset to relax, that I’m am alcoholic. However official sources seem to say that to be an alcoholic means you are dependent (addicted) to alcohol (which I am not because there are days I dont have a single drink). Thoughts on this?

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Answer by wat
Someone that places a higher priority on alcohol than on loved ones/themselves.

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Boyfriend's drinking raises red flags
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Most of them are alcoholics. They all drink and drive on a regular basis. I have expressed my concerns several times, and when I do he seems to go out less often but always slips back into the same pattern. He says he "only" goes three, four or five …
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