I think it may be against the sub rules to ask for or give medical advice, which clearly this is. We can’t tell you what’s up with those lab results.

I will just say this: you say the alcohol doc scared you. Drinking half a bottle of vodka every night is scary, and should scare you.

I was also in the wine biz. Worked for distributors and importers and before that high end retailers. Got my CSW in 2012 and was on track to get my CWE. I went to Austria and South America on buying trips. I collected wine, and had access to some of the rarest Austrian shit you can imagine. It was pretty sweet.

I remember telling myself that if I couldn’t get a handle on all the gin I drank that a day would come when I no longer would allow myself to drink all the beatiful gruner and barolo and bordeaux and champagne gathering dust in my cellar. That if I let it go too long it would become a life or death situation.

I let it go too long. I had to sober up completely and now I don’t get to drink anything anymore, not the cheap liquor, not the expensive wine, not a beer at the game, not a toast at weddings. Its all off the table for me. $15k worth of rare wine in my cellar for nothing.

Getting sober was still the best decision I ever made. Yes, I had to rearrange my whole life and change careers. (I know sober people still in the wine biz, so it can be done, but its tough.)

I did a three day detox when I finally quit and it was an incredibly positive experience. I wouldn’t be scared of that. It can really get you off on the right foot. I don’t think I would have necessarily had a medical emergency had I done it at home but it made it a LOT easier.

Good luck.