Does a person have to be an alcoholic to have problems with alcohol?

Does a person have to be an alcoholic to have problems with alcohol?

Gail Priddy (Deputy Director) gives expert video advice on: What is alcoholism?; What is the difference between being an alcoholic and just drinking a lot?; Is alcoholism a disease? and more...

Not at all. There are range of stages on the way to developing a serious alcohol problem. For example binge drinking. This includes people who drink pretty steadily and heavily or very heavily over a few days. Or people who get very, very drunk on Friday evening and end up having accidents. As well as people who get into their cars when they've been drinking.