Please do keep after it, copperfield!
I tried every variation on keeping alcohol in my life: cutting back, only drinking on weekends, only drinking at certain times or places, and even just saying EFF IT, I am a drunk so I'm just going to BE ONE completely.
Then I realized that I was trying awfully hard to come up with creative ways to poison myself and wreck my life (and believe me, it's only by the grace of God that I didn't lose everything, kill myself or someone else or end up in prison), when the only good solution was to let it go and give it up.
I'm hoping you'll commit to living a wonderful, full life without alcohol.