Originally Posted by
misterritter 
I too have this same question. I feel like there are two modes that describe my drinking. There is having a beer before dinner when dining out or going out with friends and having a couple of beers. Then there is the 6 or 12 pack of beer along with swigs out of the whiskey bottle at home alone. I would love it if I could keep the first example and quit the second.
Over the years I made deals to try quit the binge drinking: no more liquor in the house, so i turned to wine or fortified wine, then it was back to liquor.
I am at the point where I don't know the answer to the question, but the only way to quit the binges seems to be to quit it all.
I feel like I was two types of drinkers. For a long time I handled it just fine. Maybe drinking a few times a month and never a binge. Then, in a blink it turned to almost every day. I would love to go back to being a responsible drinker, but I think I've come to far and done too much damage to ever go back.