yes, here in my location there is a difference between an alter that drinks and having dissociative problems because of drinking.,

from the original posters post...

For the last year eventime I drink I black out. People tell me I am not the same person when I drink. I get Violent and do and say things I would never do. I REMEMBER nothing of any of this. I have even been arrested and told I was belligerent and combative. Woke up in jail an Remer nothing.

if this was going on my own locations standards.... the key words ....for the last year... would point to not having DID because DID begins in childhood before the age of 5 according to my locations statistics/mental health demographics. if this was DID it would not have just started in the last year.

then the treatment providers in my location would also focus on the wording "eventime I drink I black out" this is a very common symptom that goes along with alcohol use.

add to this the diagnostic criteria for my location....

E. The Symptoms are not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g. Blackouts or chaotic behavior during alcohol intoxication) or another medical condition (e.g. complex partial seizures)

since the posters original post states....

For the last year eventime I drink I black out.....

that knocks out having DID \dissociative type alternate personalities. in my location.

Im not saying people cant have alters who drink what Im saying is what treatment providers would look at in my location to determine whether the orignal poster if in my location would be called DID alter.

sharing a funny story here.. i know someone who did have alters who were drinkers....me. I say funny because every single time that alter took control I appeared to be drunk despite not having a drop one night I was with my now mother in law. we were having a religious charged conversation with my now wife and now mother in law, just out of church, still on the church grounds I looked up and my mother in law had a totally shocked and mortified look on her face. my now wife had her hand over her mouth trying not to laugh, i asked her what happened and she said one word...thelma. Thelma was my party hearty love the drinking, smoking, bar scenes. out of no where my speech and language had changed to the very drunk thelma telling a very adult rated story,

my point with me it didnt matter where and when I was be it work, be it a church or home, and no drinking needed to be done, just something triggering is enough to make an alter like this take control and i would know it after the fact because there was lots of stories about inappropriate behavior at the wrong times.