I have recently decided to take a break from drinking because I do it quite a lot and I tend to drink hard liquor in large quantities.
I am okay with not drinking, but when I start I find it hard to have one or two, and when I get to a certain point I lose all self control over how much I drink. My mindset changes and I just think f-it. When I can do that I can drink well over a pint of vodka in a night (and I'm female). My T said it has "an addictive quality" (he's not qualified to diagnose addiction)
But I don't really feel like I need a drink. It's easy enough for me to go without. So that doesn't sound to me like addiction. Or am I wrong? I've certainly gotten into a bad habit of drinking when I'm stressed or bored, but it's fine not to. I've stopped for a bit, partly just to show T it's not an addiction. But I dunno. Does this sound like addiction?