Drinking Alcohol is not a sin. This is obvious by just a cursory study of the Bible.

So why are there those of us who MUST remain sober?

We are a group with common traits. Only we are sure (because only we have the experience) that it was not a lack of will power that made it impossible to stop being drunk - that made it a miracle that we are now sober. What trait within us as a group made it impossible to stop the downward spiral of ever increasing drunkenness? This unknown has been termed "alcoholism". So our major similar trait as a group has a name. It is a name that is destined to be forever misunderstood.

Sober,

Bobby