Quote Originally Posted by Binky View Post
In my mind this is what I think an alcoholic is: Someone who would rather spend countless hours in a relationship with a bottle of booze, whether it be beer, wine, whiskey etc, than they do with their family and friends. They will carry on that relationship at home, alone, or in a bar, where everyone can see how that relationship is going.......
Actually, my dad hated alcohol, and years spent watching AA has taught me that this holds true for most alcoholics. It isn't a matter of what they would rather be doing, that is one of the basics of addiction, because most would rather be able to carry on normally, to be able to walk away from that bottle, but they cannot, not that they don't want to.

I think they know on a deep level that the alcohol is destroying them, and the life around them, but they simply have no power over the decision.