Originally Posted by
TheFuddsofElmer 
And thank you all for responding. I will try to listen and respond to all of you while I deal with this binge.
If you are currently drinking, stop. To go back to your original question, How do people quit? They quit by quitting. Not by thinking about quitting, nor by putting quitting off until it's easier, or more convenient. They make the decision to quit and they quit.
So dump the booze and quit.