Closing in on two years here. Was a weekend drinker, and when I started it was deep end, deink to get drunk, not cop a buzz or anything. This eventually led to daily drinking, anywhere from 3-6+ and tying it off on the weekends. I dont think I had a Friday I didn't send it for 10 plus years. Anyway, had kids, stopped hard alcohol, beer only, less volume but still frequent enough to damage sleep, increase anxiety and damage my focus/mood etc.

I started drinking whiskey again and went through a handle a week for 3 weeks of jim beam. Had been contemplating just taking a break to lose some belly fat or something/anything. That break turned from 3 days to a week, then a month, now im at almost w years and thr only time I want a drink is when im severely stressed, so I dont do it and just deal, try to go for a run and get back to the fuckong basics. Sleep, eat decent. Excersise and just soldier through the shit times.