I found when I quit that I had used drinking to cope with anything by the end. Drinking taught me I didn't have to really try to manage stress in other ways.
For me, I was surprised that I had trained myself to take the easy way out of things. This was not who I thought I was!!
I was surprised I really had stopped using healthier ways to cope and even though I knew healthier ways, it took me awhile to push myself to use them. But once I did it became habit.