Everyone else here will hit you with the "ritual" and "learn to enjoy without" I am the same as you - and I will tell you what worked for me. I tend not to dri

Everyone else here will hit you with the "ritual" and "learn to enjoy without" I am the same as you - and I will tell you what worked for me. I tend not to drink on weekdays, but when I do drink, I drink to get drunk. The holistic stuff didn't work for me, I love drinking, I enjoy the social aspect of it. I have terrible willpower and a very hedonistic attitude. Naltrexone works for me I take a tablet on Wednesday to Saturday before bed. I don't get any side effects (YMMV) but what it DOES do is basically take away the majority of the buzz from drinking, I lose interest after 2 or 3 drinks Those weekends I want to go out and get smashed with friends, I just don't take the tablets. Talk to your doctor, its cheap, low level side effects if you do have them - but its the one thing that works for me, I now have a couple of social drinks on weekends and I never thought I would be that person