I started out the same way, got progressively worse, first wife drank more than I did, we got divorced, I kept drinking, remarried the girlfriend that would put up with the most of my BS, she put up with it for 10+ years, started complaining because I did a lot of idiotic ****, I cut back for a week or 2 then back in full force, repeat a dozen times. Eventually I got tired of hearing it so I moved out because it was her fault that I drank anyway, right?
Now after about a year of being alone I finally figured it out and will never drink again. 20+ years after I started and literally 100s of thousands spent on booze, I'm sure. Luckily my wife is still waiting for me to come back and I'm not even sure if I'm ready for that yet.