The honest truth is that I pissed myself on our honeymoon and it ruined the whole day a bit, my wife had a serious chat with me. I tried limiting at first but it didn't work. So I went for total abstinence, that's what works for me, all or nothing.
She helped for about the first 3 months and after that it's a lot easier, cos you start to feel quite good and can sleep better.
Doing a month is easy, but 3 is very hard.
You have to start finding other activities like sport or whatever.
After 6 months you wonder why you ever drank at all. I would also stay out of pubs, much as I loved the vibe, cos that's where its very tough, especially when people want to drink bully you.
It's getting a bit hard again now, cos I feel like I could control it.
I really wanted a beer just before Christmas when I was hanging out with some alcoholics and I settled for a spliff and a fag, I'm glad I didn't have any booze. Its the worst cos its so subtle.