I travel a lot as well for work mostly in Eastern Europe. It can almost be worse because you're not there to deal with the problems at home and nobody is watching ... the hotel bar becomes an attractive notion.
When my son was young I didn't drink. It wasn't until later when he became a teenager and *totally* out of control that my drinking started. He's been living on his own (a minor miracle) for some time now but I kept on drinking ... because I'm an alcoholic I guess. How did I quit this time? With a lot of help. This site has been wonderful. I've been practicing mediation through the local university hospital, and through the support of my those (I've finally learned) who love me.
It's easy to say that my son was the root cause of my drinking. That's not really true. I drank to escape ... to quiet the mind and to shut off the negative information my mind kept feeding me.
Thank you for your post. It has helped me a great deal to get this out.