Is it addiction?

This is a tough question to vocalize well. But have any of you thought you had an addiction problem but under further review determined Maybe you didn't?

Here's my story. In 2020 My then wife left me. She raised some concerns about alcohol use. What happened was one night while we were together I got super drunk. We have 2 boys. They were 1 and 3 at the time. I only got so drunk because I was expecting her to be around for the entire time. She left at one point. The boys were in bed and I ended up going to sleep. When she got home she found the youngest boy was awake and crying. When we were settling custody she told the story to the judge. He ordered that when I had the children I couldn't consume alcohol. This was a clear given and never was the plan since I would be the only parent with the children. At this point in my life I would only drink one or two drinks twice a week with dinner. I would drink in excess (6 or more) once every 6 months. Well when the judge issued this ruling I started attending Alocoholics anonymous. I'm starting to think I wasn't actually an alcoholic and I did this as simply as a knee jerk reaction and to try and show up the judge. I got the ruling mid June 2020 and got sober June 22 2020. I have been sober ever since and haven't drank a drop. I did get a sponsor and worked the 12 steps (although I haven't fully worked 10 and 11 since I'm not a sponsor myself). I'm curious if others have gone through a similar realization? I'm working with a therapist to decipher these feelings and she suggested I check this site.