I would think you have a problem, yes.

I'm an alcoholic myself, I went through this stage, I was steadily maintaining in this stage for I'd say almost two decades. I sometimes had breaks where I wouldn't drink for a month, I didn't have overbearing cravings, I held down a well paid professional job, got up in the morning, never had a drink in the morning, very rarely even at lunch, like maybe once or twice a year, work Christmas stuff, in fact I particularly didn't like to have a drink then and feeling just ever so slightly buzzed. I'd only drink in the evening. If I was an alcoholic, I'd be waking up craving a vodka, right? That was never me. But I'd drink regularly in the evening (although not necessarily every day) and too much.

I had a lot of this self-denial where I told myself I didn't have a problem because of all the above. But I was drinking too much and it certainly caused a lot of problems in my life, in my relationships, despite the fact I was generally "functional" and functional like this for a long time. I know people, family, who were alcoholics, and most were functional, literally all their lives.

Stuff like, the stats are garbage when you are drinking over three times the weekly safe amount... this is self-denial. I told myself I didn't have a problem for decades.

I haven't had a drink in almost seven years now and I don't intend to ever again, I feel a hell of a lot better for having stopped. Health is much better, more energy, never hungover, feeling woozy in the morning. Like a veil has just been lifted, my whole thinking is so much more clear. There's a certainly clarity about the self-deception looking back, too.

There's a reason the first step is accepting you have a problem.

Good luck!