I quit alcohol after drinking to excess in the way many of you describe, about 12 years ago.
The only way is not to drink alcohol. All these "I'll cut down" schemes do not work in my experience- bargaining with yourself about booze just showed me how big my problem was. You're still using and relying on booze to
Stop you feeling bored
Stop you feeling angry
Have fun with friends
Have fun and treat yourself on holiday
Treat yourself for having done a days work
Stop feeling sad
Etc
I'm not judging- I did exactly that. Trying to cut down and "manage" ie be in control of something I am not in control over, simply led to feeling angry, upset, helpless, useless, powerless, afraid, ashamed etc because My managing Strategies failed every time.
The only thing that worked for me was a mantra "one drink is too many and a thousand drinks is never enough" and "woman takes a drink, drink takes the woman". Oh, and therapy to address the loneliness anger and boredom that I had been self medicating for.
Life without alcohol is so much better. I grieved and still do , that I cannot drink normally. But the fact is I cannot. One drink and I want to keep drinking until I'm absolutely pissed.
Good luck to you all. I'm reminded how awful being stuck on that merry go round is. You can all do it. Step away from the bottle!