You don't have to be a severe alcoholic to quit. Why wait for it to get to that point? If it was making your life unmanageable, then its worth staying away from it for good.

Also, remember that the people who are telling you that you didn't have a problem didn't live your life. I let some friends convince me that I wasn't "that bad" and fell right back into my old habits. From the outside, I look like someone who just hits the bars and stays out late on the weekends for the most part. Which, in a college town, is highly acceptable. But on the inside I feel shame and regret when I do it and it makes me spiral into depression/anxiety.

Also, at one point in my many attempts at sobriety I allowed myself to be "cali sober". It was ok for awhile, but then "1-2 x a month" turned into "3-4 x a week" and I built a tolerance to the edibles. And then I was having to take more to get the same effect or having to purposefully limit myself. What a nightmare. I am trying to just stay away from it all now.