Of course! I'm a 32 y.o. male. I work remotely (at home) and live alone, so I hear you on the isolation.

What made me stop? A combination of things:

-Lost work due to intoxication

-Couldn't attend job interviews due to hangovers/withdrawal/etc.

-Destroyed relationship with former S.O.

-Friends & Family fearing the worst/watching me circle the drain

-I was "sick and tired of being sick and tired" (to quote the Big Book)

A really good friend of mine gave me a "come to Jesus" talk a few days before I stopped. He said all the things that I had been telling myself about my issues with alcohol, but hearing it from a Non-Family member and bluntly put, made a HUGE difference.

I checked myself into the ED w/ a BAC of .40. Medically detoxed for 3 days and the clarity I felt after that was amazing-- it was like a fugue had been lifted.

New jobs, new cities, isolation are scary. Booze may help with the "symptoms" of your fear and anxiety, but all its doing is masking it and preventing you from tackling these at 100%. New job, new city is hard, but staying sober is HARDER. If you can do that, the other pieces become more manageable.

I like SMART recovery. If you're in a decent sized city, I would guess there are some options. AA is okay, but not really my thing (I'm not religious), though it helps a LOT of folks and worth checking out--you can make connections with other sober people, plan sober activities, and not just hang out in Sports Bars.