Very early on, I searched my house from top to bottom, every drawer and box, every coat pocket, every shelf, and threw out all the empties. Partly, I didn't want to find them later and maybe get triggered by the blast from the past, and partly, I didn't want my wife to find them because I was trying to re-establish trust. I couldn't blame her for thinking I had gone back to drinking, after all that's exactly the old pattern, drink in secret, hide the bottles, and if caught, tell her it must have been there for years.
So, I figured, why cause her to get upset and scared over nothing, when I can avoid that problem entirely by thoroughly cleaning house.