[CaptainCrunch]

A compulsion or need to drink, it doesn't matter if you drink alone or drink in groups.

Thinking about having a drink in stressful situations maybe.

There are alcoholics who don't get blitzed every night, they might have one or two drinks, but they don't sleep well or function well if they don't have a couple of drinks.

Or have a compulsion to drink to excess in the bar even with friends in a social setting.

I don't think that getting drunk once a week is a sign of alchoholism, its signs of being young. Twice a week is probably not going to do your health any favors down the road.

Try going a couple of weeks without going out and see what you feel like, that will be a tell tale