Interesting question.
Hmm, I stayed at a certain level for about 5 years, then I started getting black out drunk every other night.
I did that until I was ordered to rehab and saved my life.
My father stayed at a level to stay in the military, but it was at a time when alcohol
was part of the landscape of being in the Army. Lots and lots of functioning people.
But he drank after the doctors told him straight out it would kill him.
Died from cirrhosis.
I have never known a drunk to find a set point and stay there.
There always has to be more, whether it is weeks or years later, first it is more,
then you need less when your body stops processing the alcohol.
Beth