Cold turkey is the only way. Once you're an addict your body will always be vulnerable to whatever you're addicted to and your mind will always find a way to justify it. With something like food you have to regulate it and control your intake but alcohol should simply be stopped altogether. I know that's easy for me to say as a lifelong teetotaler but it's still the truth. No one actually NEEDS to drink and alcohol is one of the most addictive drugs on the planet.

.....I were to purchase grain alcohol and disguise it as my own malt beverage?

Delightfully devilish, Seymour.

How the fuck is a drunk person supposed to understand this

Rules

Ie

- no drinking alone

- no drinking two days in a row

- no drinking before a certain time

- only at parties, if you even want to

- no drinking for sus reasons "just to help me sleep" or "just to help me unwind" etc. if a sus reason bubbles up, instant no.