Originally Posted by
daredevil 
I drink, then I'm miserable for a few days.
I feel better.
Start racking up some time.
Figure it's okay to drink again.
This seems like a common thought chain. I suggest you take this apart, and find the flaw. Then fix that flaw in your thinking. You seem to think you lack impulse control, but I think there is a error in fact here.
I am leaving this to you, daredevil. Shoot me a pm if I can help.