I know exactly where you are coming from as up to very recently I was doing exactly the same thing. I rarely drank during the week because if I did I couldn't get up for work but when Friday/Saturday came one led to another and so on it went. A binge drinker certainly, but did that automatically make me an alcoholic? In my case I am not sure as I have always had on/off periods with alcohol never really feeling 'addicted' and was generally ok as long as I didn't start drinking in the first place. That said, in my case, I think that I was using alcohol as a form of self medication.
As to whether you're a true alcoholic or not is another matter and I guess it depends on how much you feel that you really need the alcohol (beyond the physical symptoms) and how much it is interfering with your life.
On a practical note can you try only keeping a bit in the house? A few cans maybe? That way when you do have a drink you simply can't keep going.
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