Hi lyriclady
Welcome
Some people turn to alcohol or drugs in times of stress or sadness and then, when that time is over, they stop or revert to former patterns of use.
I can't say if you're one of the ones who can stop/revert, but I'm one of the ones that didn't, or couldn't.
I may have started drinking for specific underlying reasons, but I
also became an alcoholic along the way.
It's important for me to realise I need to work on my alcoholism just as much as I need to work on those long standing underlying factors. Working on both areas is vital to me.
D