I am so glad I quit completely 6 months ago because going totally without alcohol these weeks, these months has been an eye opener as to the extent of the physiological dependence on alcohol I had developed. I used to go a day or two without alcohol every week or so (repentance for a hangover). I quit because I feared health consequences of habitual drinking that had spanned decades. I had not "hit bottom" but what I found out was that I had been marginalizing my experience of life because of what alcohol did to my brain. Until I had 3 months sober, I did not understand these diminishments alcohol had produced. Even at 6 months, I am still discovering the extent of the bite that alcohol took out of my life, my perceptions.
My suggestion would be to give sobriety 3 months and see what you learn. You would still have plenty of time left in life to follow the moderate path. Best.