Christina,

You know I'm pro AA because it's helped me so much, but it's not for everyone. People do find recovery without AA. You gave it a fair shot by attending meetings for a while, although I think it might have been better if you could have tried more different meetings. If you can not drink and not attend meetings then that's great - I can't. I need the support. But everybody's different.

I can't answer the question as to whether or not you're an alcoholic. Only you can decide if you want to give yourself that label. But does it really matter? You decided that you didn't like where your life was going with respect to alcohol and you did something about it. I will share one thing that I've heard around AA and that's "normal people don't sit around wondering if they're alocholic."

Recovery can take many different paths for different people and what's important is to find what works for you. You're still pretty young so you have lots of time to figure out what works for you and what doesn't. Just remember if at some point in the future you do decide to begin drinking again and find it becoming problematic or interfering that AA will still be there and willing to welcome you back with open arms.

--splitimage