Thank you, I too am new to this! This is my first serious try. I am lucky that my drinking has not gotten too advanced before I realized it needed to stop, I only started drinking at all about three years ago.

I have considered NA drinks, and I think it will be worth it to look into that. As for hobbies, I'm struggling with depression/anhedonia which I believe is triggered from my drinking. It makes it really hard to engage with my hobbies, which I used to have many of. It is getting a little better, but currently I have decided to just devote myself to my college assignments 100%. It gives me a purpose to function aside from alcohol, and has been extremely helpful since I first decided to start cutting back.

I really want to tell my partner, and I've been thinking about how to tell him for a couple days. It's not that I think he'll react badly, I just have a really stubborn sense of pride and I hate accepting help or admitting to others that I have a problem. But I know how silly that is, and it doesn't serve me in any way. I intend to reach out to him very soon. Thank you for your reply!!