Some people quit, find out booze was really weighing them down and after a few weeks, they are up n running..... Never been happier.
Some people quit, find out booze was really all that was holding them up and without it....
They crash.
Unfortunately, on SR, the people who float up mix with the crashers and everyone ends up confused.
Drinking is precisely the problem for case A.
Living sober is the problem for case B.
Sounds like the same thing, but it's not.