Are you sure you aren't just in denial about being female?

Seriously, not all heavy drinkers are alcoholics, at least not the ones I know. The way they describe their relationship with alcohol seems totally foreign to me, as foreign as the fact I can have ONE drink and not have it fill me with overwhelming desire for another..and another...and another....despite severe physical, emotional, and social consequences.

I don't feel that way about FOOD either, although I know some people DO.

You don't have to be fat to be an addict, as sugarjunky pointed out, but just BEING fat doesn't necessarily make you one by default, either.

It's not one size fits all.