[RobFromGa]

You are making a distinction between “alcoholics” and people with serious drinking problems that may or may not be helpful depending on the person. By AA descriptions, I am not an alcoholic because I was able to make a personal decision to quit drinking and stick with it. Since I didn’t need the program, and wasn’t “helpless” by their definition, I am not an alcoholic. Fine. I still can’t drink again and don’t want to.

While I would agree that for many problem drinkers Non Alcoholic beverages (<0.5%) could be a problem, but this hasn’t been the case for me (yet- I probably have one or two of these every other month in environments where I would have previously drank ten bourbon and diet cokes, when I can’t avoid the event).

YMMV.

[geopyg]

Good for you and stick with it. I quit drinking Many years ago. Mainly beer - but a 6-pack of Molson every night, but insisted it was more out of habit than alcholism. Went voluntarily to a program with a bunch of kids that were forced to go see this shrink as per their court orders. Of course I tried to keep my situation hidden (being there 'for fun' to appease my wife and myself). But, as the shrink said after many visits - if your’re not an alchololic - then quit and prove it to me.

So I did. I still drink 2 or 3 NA beers in an evening. And a half-glass of wine at Thanksgiving and Christmas. So, not sure if I’m an acholoic or not, but after seeing it slowly kill my older sister I don’t want to give it the chance.

Anyway - one addiction (FR) is enough.