I started off as a weekend user and drinker. I thought it couldn't be that bad if I was only using on the weekends as was managing to stay sober the rest of the week. I lost all my weekends too. I started using in the week even though I had given myself rules about that and that's when it really started to go downhill. I highly recommend AA, go to a meeting (a few actually) and see how you feel. Good luck and keep coming back!