Originally Posted by
Anna 
You cannot ask for medical advice here.
You really need to talk to your doctor.
And, it's interesting that you say you have no problem stopping drinking completely, and yet, you are not able to stop.
then you do not understand the horror of full blown hallucinations for no know cause.
I was on the phone with someone when it happened one time, I avoided the phone for a month afterword. I still get a knot in my stomach when a I must use a phone. It' called association. When something traumatic happens, to protect yourself against such trauma again, you instinctively avoid everything associated with the event.
in the case of alcohol, I have associated it as well as there does seem to be a tie between reduction and the events