Yeah mine tried cutting back sooo many times. Each time I was hopeful he'd stick to it this time and then was bitterly disappointed when he started drinking more again. Sometimes he would lie about it, try and tell me he'd had less or he'd hide it but I always knew because his behaviour would change, eventually he would stop trying to hide it and would be drinking the full amount again, sometimes even more. It went on and on, the pattern always the same. I didn't recognise the pattern at the time because I was too wrapped up in it to take a step back.