I had access to a university library website and actually spent time researching this. Academic papers are dull and hard to read, but you do get all the facts. I thought there’d be at least some success stories of moderation, but there were none out there. Every one of the former drinkers who tried so-called moderation went back to heavy drinking again.
Our brains have something called GABA receptors that tell us when to chill out. These get altered irreversibly from years of drinking, and it’s that very thing that means we can’t moderate.
I was pretty gutted to read all that. No more glass of red with my pasta, etc., but you get used to the idea. It’s the only way.