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by car 5709 days ago
It sounds like you are self medicating with alcohol, maybe because of an underlying anxiety issue.

In that case, I'd recommend switching to other anxiolytic drugs (e.g. Benzodiazepines), since your alcohol intake will sooner or later manifest itself as liver damage or worse.

First and foremost you need to get diagnosed correctly. See a psychiatrist, one who got his degree recently and is experienced in substance abuse issues.

Edit: There are a lot of recommendations here to exercise, diet, man up, keep the beer out of the house, etc. I think these miss the fact that we all have different mental predispositions. In other words, there is no universal solution, and each case needs to be diagnosed correctly first before a treatment is decided upon.