Who makes the call, wrench?
If I told you I drank a pint of booze every morning between 6 and 7, went to work by 8AM, was productive throughout the day until 6PM, went home, made dinner and went to sleep by 10PM; who decides I’m an alcoholic?
How many “normal Joe” types come “home from the factory/docks” every day, grab a couple of beers and vegetate in front of the TV until dinner...are these guys alcoholics or just normal Americans?
Yes, we have an alcohol problem but it stems more from the pietistic temperance idea than from real medical knowledge.
“Who makes the call, wrench?”
Your own body makes that call. When it is pushed too far, it breaks down.
The pint a day guy will die in recovery if he needs emergency surgery that requires general anesthesia.,
Then all his problems will be behind him.
2 beers a day vs a pint of liquor every morning are not in the same league.