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I wouldn't consider cravings an absolute indicator of alcoholism, but a warning signal. If your alcohol usage is negatively affecting your life, e.g. job, school, and/or relationships, then I would consider it an addiction.
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!
---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859.
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