Hi dstat,
I never stopped to count drinks, but at the end of my drinking it was two and a half handle bottles a week. I did manage to skip a day a week for several weeks (not in a row, though) and once for a day and a half.
That was about all the tapering I could manage. Going cold turkey was about the only way for me "to get it done" ......but, it was a crazy scene that first 8 days. If you have access to medical care; that seems like the best decision for sure, however you decide to approach it.
You won't regret "medicating" anymore. I sooo "get" where you're at right now.
This place saved my *ss 13 months ago, .....you can do this !!