I'm lookinf for a bit of advice about quitting drinking. First, I'm not an alcoholic in the traditional sense, but I would say I have a problem with drinking sometimes. I can go good lengths of time without alcohol, and can easily have just a few drinks at an occasion, however, if the occasion sees me having more than a few drinks, I seem to go past a tipping point and drink to excess. I never drink to excess though in an environment where that's not the norm.
I do suffer from blackouts and it scares me.
Further, I make stupid decisions when drunk which I would never in a million years make sober, and regret highly the next day.
That, and I don't really derive a lot of joy from drinking anymore. To me it's just a hangover that I'm making. So, I want to quit. I'm confident I could put the bottle down today and not pick it up again, but I'm not the issue. My wife enjoys drinking, and our entire social circle are drinkers. None I would say have a problem, it's just that they all like to binge on the weekend. My wife's family all likes to drink as well. So, short of me declaring myself an alcoholic, I don't expect I would get a lot of support from my family and friends, in that they would all basically call me "no fun" and ride me until I gave in. In other words, social pressure would keep me drinking.
So, I don't want to go to the extreme of declaring myself an alcoholic, but I do want to stop drinking. Any advice or tips or reading I should do?
Thanks.