To try and change. High functioning alcoholic

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I’m very embarrassed to write this but since we first went into lockdown my drinking has become out of control. I’m drinking about 8 bottles of wine a week over 5 evenings, which I know is very shameful. I tend not to drink on Wednesday and Thursday nights as have 2 days in the office and don’t believe I could drive safely in the morning after drinking so heavily the night before.

Holding down a senior job and have just been offered a promotion so I know it doesn’t ‘obviously’ affect my day to day work. DH is fed up understandably but hopes I’ll just snap out of it.

Planning to try and have no alcohol this week at all but feel like I’ve lost my crutch and am genuinely worried that this is ‘me’ now. How do I get past this?

Just stop drinking. Completely and utterly. Throw out any alcohol in the house and have a no alcohol in the house rule. It’s the only way. I did this 13 years ago and haven’t drunk since. At all. It’s not easy but if you have an issue with drink there is no half way house.

I know lots of people who think nothing of drinking a couple of bottles on a Friday and same on a saturday. Ob you want to stop or cut down. Depends on you personality. I had to ditch everything alcoholic that I liked. My husband successfully cut down

You stop completely. Theres no halfway, remind yourself it only costs money and slowly kills you, no benefits then get rid

First of all, let go of any shame you might feel, to the best of your ability. You are an alcoholic, and it's a disease, not something shameful. You need help, not a bollocking.

Agree with pp. You need to stop drinking entirely and not have any alcohol in the house. The fact you can not drink for 2 days is excellent, you can definitely conquer this.