As a bartender I can confidently tell you that in the seven-ten years I was behind the bar - 100% of the people who drank 'near beer' as a substitute for beer and called that 'quitting' ...
went back to drinking within 6 months.
100%.
This isn't just like ... ten people.
This is from MAKING IT A POINT TO FOLLOW UP ON every single one...
closer to a hundred .... 100% went back to drinking.
Just sharing my own personal experience.