Am I an alcoholic?

I don't know if I'm an alchohlic or not I've just reached the drinking age (of which ill be for four more months) and I don't know if I'm an alcoholic or not. Most nights that i do drink I'll drink heavy (a bottle of wine and a sixer) but only rarely do I drink heavily (a 750 ml bottle of vodka and three beers though that's becoming a rarity for me). I've ONLY drank on nights I didn't have anything major the next day and know my limits. I'm also a big large guy which I think should factor into the high quanity of which I drink (The single time I over drank was four months ago and that was on two bottles if wine and half a bottle of champagne where I flooded my bathroom with puke). Since that night I vowed NO MORE I feel I may be a drunk but I'm a responsible drunk who plans before they drink. Long story short I feel I'm respinsible when I drink but addicts always tend to rationalize right? I don't know a good friend if mine was sn addict and always swore he wasn't and I don't want that to be me.

You might be an 'alcoholic', but you are certainly a 'heavy drinker' at times.

The fact you've said you only drink on nights on which the next day you have no obligations is concerning. If you "know your limits", why would you have to do that?

A bottle of wine in one day is on the heavier side of healthy drinking. Any more than that is most certainly heavy drinking. "A sixer" - you mean beer? Why would you mix wine and beer in the same evening? That's concerning and suspect as well. Not to mention, you're simply drinking way too much.

Further, the fact you're using your physical size to justify your heavy drinking is very suspect and concerning. That's rationalizing right there.

My suggestion: get a hold of yourself and get yourself in check before it's too late.

-Brian