The bad habit of which you speak starts to create the addiction in the body. The habit is in your mind; but it’s hard to break if you don’t recognize that you have altered your body by doing the habit, and now you are addicted.
There are daily drinkers and there are binge drinkers. Bingeing is still alcoholism and addiction, or you would stop; but you say you don’t when you get into your excuse groove at the bar.
Addiction is mental and behavioral habits as well as physical craving. Get in a good AA program and learn how to think properly about it, to help yourself into the mental state of recovery. It’s as important as clearing the substance from your lifestyle.
Probably good advice.
Before I join AA, I have to decide if I really want to quit drinking altogether.
If I decide I really do want to quit, I’ll probably just quit without a program like I did with smoking.
I have a lot of will power once I decide something - I just haven’t decided yet.
Addiction is a physical condition. Medically unsupervised withdrawal from alcohol can be fatal.
I’ve seen that happen a number of times in rehab.
It ain’t pretty.
It doesn’t matter what you drink or how much.
It’s what happens when you do.