What is the difference between cure and recovery? Why does a man who hasn’t allowed a drop of alcohol to touch his lips for over 20 years, and who intends never to drink again, commence his monologue: “I am an alcoholic”? Yet a man who gets paralytic after drinking ten pints is not regarded as an alcoholic, but is merely spending a relaxing weekend. On the other hand, a clerk known to take occasional sips from his flask during office hours is automatically branded an alcoholic.
