TDB, welcome here.
You're a lot like me - not everyday, but off to the races when you did. Hiding bottles, stashing empties in garbage bags already in the can, creative use of the recycling bin, yep, yep, yep.
There are many people on this site who have lost something due to alcohol. There are some who've lost everything to alcohol. And there are some, like you and me, who were ticking time bombs ready to join these camps. I came close. You must be coming close.
Now's the best time to stop, before something happens you can't take back.
And abstinence is a great path to start down. You don't need to worry about the 12th drink (or the 20th) if you don't have the 1st.
A word of caution about the Dr. though. Mine put me on Pristiq/Effexor, and I wished I had never started taking those meds. If they had just got me to quit drinking, I would have likely never needed the meds in the first place.