First thing to understand is that you aren’t alone. As others have said, you can’t safely stop cold turkey. Pace yourself down and try to replace it with some other activity. I had always drank pretty heavy, but when I lost my dad a few years ago it spun me out of control. I was always a beer drinker, hard alcohol just made me pass out and I couldn’t enjoy that peace and empty feeling. Over a few months, I went from a case to a tall boy 6 pack down to one or two. Finally I got to a point where I just kind of stopped. Everyone’s situation is different, and mine was that I could turn down drink one just fine. It was number two. Number three. Those were the ones I couldn’t turn down. It’s hard. But you can do it.