Bmac

No horrible event is needed. This time around, I quit voluntarily before anything "bad" could happen. When I started drinking this last time, I promised myself that if my drinking ever got to the point where consequences would be inevitable if I continue, then I would just quit. So I did. I stopped digging my hole before it got ugly. However, I was convinced that if I did not stop, then I was at risk of losing things that I was not prepared to give up because of booze (family, job, worsening health)

You have the power to choose where your "bottom" is long before you lose that choice. You simply have to take responsibility and action to simply stop drinking.