Some clarifications (not for discussion, just for those who are / think are in a similar situation):
- I mentioned half to full bottle of wine - it's just to give the measure. I actually drink wine, rum, whiskey, whatever
- I said 5 days a week on average, didn't mention that the other 2 are usually the days I have something preventing me (no alcohol at home, or external duties). Basically, when I'm at home and there is alcohol at home - I drink it
- the examples with children seeing me are not really applying here - 99% of the time, I'm drinking in the evening, while working (or trying to) on side projects
- I don't have any violence problems at all, even when drunk
- I'm not sure alcoholic is the right word (it's a bit strong indeed). Indeed, I'm much more concerned with how far from my potential (not only productivity, but also enjoying and living a full life) I am, than health problems. Even though it's much more apparent to me since I started running
- some of you mentioned the case of social drinking - I have 0 problem with this indeed, and I did use to work on team where we were drinking almost every night. I don't consider that a problem. My (perceived) problem is drinking alone
Anyway, thanks again to all of you. HN is really a unique community