Youre right actually. And going by that OPs comment might actually be closer to truth, lots of people are alcoholics and with many you cant tell.
But on the other hand, classifying hardcore addiction should not even be linked to the drug. There are lots of functioning heroin addicts who dont hurt a soul while others get aggressive when missing their morning coffee.
Alcohol is objectively worse than a lot of the illegal drugs, you should consider it hardcore.
Youre right actually. And going by that OPs comment might actually be closer to truth, lots of people are alcoholics and with many you cant tell.
But on the other hand, classifying hardcore addiction should not even be linked to the drug. There are lots of functioning heroin addicts who dont hurt a soul while others get aggressive when missing their morning coffee.