Oh man those lists are funny, I mean I know they're really kind of sad but they're funny because I did the exact same kinds of things.
- only 1 drink before dinner and 1 after
- drink 2 days, sober for 1
- no liquor during the week, just wine and beer
- one fifth of liquor a week, no more
- one beer before starting the liquor, to prevent me from drinking too much liquor
- nothing after 8:30PM
- nothing before 8:30PM
- drink only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- smoke pot instead of drinking
- smoke a little pot and drink just a little
- smoke pot but no liquor
- no drinking before 5PM (I only started breaking this one right before I quit)
So yeah, obviously the moderation attempts didn't work for me at all.