hi Husky. I suggest you have a plan for Friday and Saturday nights involving soda water or other non-A drink and eating early.
You don't mention your wife much in your posts. She and the children must have missed out if you were drinking heavily on the weekend. I can understand if you want to keep your recovery to yourself, but she might be able to support you. Have you confided in her.
It does seem strange to live without alcohol at first, but it soon becomes a way of life and one with less stress, self-reproach and regret. That alone is priceless.