Thank you for your reply Frank. I am lucky to never have had that degree of dependency on alcohol though there have been times in the past where I've felt mysel

Thank you for your reply Frank. I am lucky to never have had that degree of dependency on alcohol though there have been times in the past where I've felt myself getting a bit too fond of it. It's always been easy enough for me to cut back though. The only proper dependency I have experience of is to tobacco. It took me a lot of attempts over several years to finally kick that habit. What helped me finally was taking up running. Feeling my lungs improve and my increasing fitness (and probably self-esteem) was a huge incentive to stay off. I think alcohol is probably a far harder proposition though. Also it being put in front of your face everywhere can't help. I wish you well and I hope you find a way.