Am I an alcoholist?

Hi! so I don’tknow if this is the right place to post this but whatever. I need to know if I am an alcoholist, or if I have alcohol problems (pretty sure it’s the latter one).

It comes in waves where I feel like drinking every night, not when I have something else to do (university or work) but sometimes I want to drink something. But not when I have school or work (I only work extra so I can choose when to do it myself) then I don’t feel like it at all. I also can stop if the people I am with stop.

Once I start I have a hard time stopping drinking and want to continue until I pretty much can’t anymore. I am aware of this tho and do my best but if it’s a problem I’d rather stop before it’s too late.

I’m only 25 so I would like to know before having a family and especially children, as I don’t want them to have any trauma because of me and this.

When I drink I feel guilty the next morning and happy when I didn’t.

English is my third language so please ignore spelling errors and be nice.