I cut my drinking back from 3/4 of a fifth of bourbon every night to just 4 shots. I did it by actually measuring out the shots, instead of pouring till the ice floats, and mixing it with club soda. So far so good. I still get my daily buzz (yes I am addicted to that), no hangover, a lot less calories, and no disturbed sleep. Its a comprimise beetween total abstinence (boring) and a painful death via cirrohisis. If my liver function blood tests every go out of bounds though it will be sayonara to the booze.
A man has to know his limitations.