Am I alcoholic..?

My both parents had alcohol issues.. i have difficulties understanding if my friends are just social drnkers or have alcoholic issues..
I used to consider myself social drinker.. I drunk
Every night..
One night I drunk too much and smoke some green.. and after 4 cocktails and 2 joints.. i thought is good idea to lay down on the floor. And world was spinning around and i just couldn’t get up.. my pets were climbing all over me and i made a selfie… I looked awful.. i felt pretty awful.. I finally dragged myself up from floor and threw up.. that was the last time I drunk for 4 months … and today I drink again.. and I feel I might have a problem..

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CountScrofula · 41-45, M

If you went four months without drinking you're not an alcoholic just know your tolerance cocktails can sneak up on you. Literally the way to know is how easy it is NOT to drink.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@CountScrofula This is not necessarily true.

dubkebab · 56-60, M

@Graylight I have plenty of firsthand knowledge of alcoholics who go years without a drop and then circumstances conspire to get that vicious cycle engaged,with ever worsening consequences.
Many of us don't have the luxury of taking this lightly. Proceed with caution.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@dubkebab I was raised in it, then lived with it, then built a career offering therapy and treatment for it. Believe me, I know what's possible of an addict.

Binge drinking - which can easily have periods like 4 months' abstinence - can kill just as easily as a steadily progressive disease. 2200 deaths a year in the US, and that's among 34-36 year olds, not college kids. Binge drinking is alcohol addiction if you can't stop doing it.

And to add some hope, while many addicts will follow a negative cycle into the ground, just as many don't each year, finding health, happiness and a better life. Relapse is not necessary. Death is not necessary. Failure is not necessary.