Originally Posted by Wayfarer

I'm new here, but I've been lurking for quite a while. I was a social drinker since college (33 now), but for the last two years I've been drinking anywhere from 8-12 shots worth of vodka every single night and typically I put that amount away with an hour or two max and then pass out.

I've tried to stop a few times, but it never lasts more than a couple days.

Like right now, I'm waiting to get my haircut and I'm eyeing up the liquor store across the street - planning how I'll sneak a 750ml bottle vodka past my wife when I get home.

Just about every Sunday, I say to myself, "I'll start cold turkey tomorrow." It never happens.

I don't know why I do it - I have a beautiful wife, a young daughter, a house, and a good job - I'm not unhappy.

Ugh - this is so much harder than I ever imagined it'd be to quit.