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The one day at a time thing never worked for me and it doesn't for a lot of people, certainly in the longer term. I found at some point I had to realise that I had no control over alcohol and the only option was total abstinence, before that I tried loads of things, not drinking at the weekend...

Looking back, one thing I wished I had done when I gave up was get some help/ support. For many people giving up or cutting down Alcohol will be treating the symptom and not the cause. In my case the alcohol was covering up some issues that needed to be talked through and I ended up a couple of...

Exactly this... The hardest part for me of giving up was that most of my friends and family didn't want me to. Even my Wife who would always complain about my behaviour when I was drunk didn't want me to give up, she couldn't see how we could be together as a couple without a bottle of wine on...

No, this isn't the case. I haven't had a drink for 6 years, I gave up not because I was drinking particularly frequently but because when I did drink I drank excessively and could not control the amount the I drunk and this was causing damage to my health and my relationships. I would use...