Soon as I tried to moderate it after any period of sobriety, my thoughts become consumed with drinking.
I read here once that pouring alcohol down an alcoholic's throat lights up all the pleasure receptors in the brain like a Christmas tree. That's what it's like for me. It doesn't matter if I take one sip, get smashed, or just decide to and go pick up. It's like this glorious bright lightshow that I can't stop looking at in my mind.
So for me, nope.
Most of us here wouldn't have ended up here if the answer to that was ever yes.
And none of us are required to go out and do research and test the waters. You have nothing to gain and everything to lose by testing it out.
I agree, ask what your wife thinks? But maybe her perception has changed too, so be careful with that.
Think about it, write a list of pros and cons.
You really stand to gain nothing by ever picking up again.