Good to read your post from the early days, funny how much so many of us have in common yet think we are the only one... I used to stash a bottle of brandy in the kitchen and have a gulp from that. Note to all women with undomesticated hubbies, the cleaning cupboard is the perfect place to hide anything, seriously they never look in there!!
For me, leaving that door open on a possible drink in the future messed with my fortitude. It was like 'well if I can drink then, why not now, I've proved I don't need to, I just liked to a little too much' actually taking the option off the table was incredibly freeing.
There is no one stop solution to not drinking, just as we all found different routes here. But with support, which ever road we walk, it's no longer lonely.