You need to just face it. Tell a doc how much you have been drinking. Trust me your amount of drinking is not that embarrassing, but if you are feeling effects when you try and stop... It's very worth it to see a doc as they can proscribe stuff to make the withdrawals easier and safer. I personally experience the worst of the withdrawals for 2 days or so, not for weeks. I do notice that every time I relapse (3 times in the last two years for like 5 day binges with a fifth a day whiskey), the withdrawal gets worse each time.