Well I've had plenty of companions but that didn't stop the drinking--it did stop the companions. You say you don't crave alcohol except when you're triggered and it seems you have plenty of triggers. I don't know if it matters how much one drinks or how often as why. I think when we see and use alcohol as medication against our pain and discomfort I think its a problem. Thats why I think of alcoholism as that of a dis-ease. I guess if I were to give you advice it'd be to put the bottle down. The things that trigger you won't go away through drinking, they just grow bigger and more hungry. You take care.