I am 21 years old. For the last 4 years, me and my girlfriend have occasionally drunk beer 3-4 times a week. We don't drink any hard alcohol (nor planning to), but we drink a lot of beer. On Friday nights, we get very drunk, because both of us feel tired from the whole week and want to relax. However, I have the feeling that I am not doing it only for the relaxation, but because I have developed a habit and sort of... NEED it. Ever since I quit smoking 2 years ago (after 4 years of heavy smoking) , I abuse with beer quite often. I always search for... a kick. Whether if it's going to be a beer in the evening or a coffee in the morning, I just search for something that causes euphoria. Never did drugs and don't plan to.

I wanted to reduce my beer drinking, because it sometimes makes me feel aggressive and I don't want to cause any unreasonable harm to any of the people I care. I have already done a bad thing when I was drunk once, which has caused me regret for the rest of my life. I used to drink beer every 2-3 days, after work, but now I try to limit myself to drinking only in weekends.

The second thing I want to reduce once I deal with cutting down the drinking days is the amount I drink - I usually have about 2-3 660ml bottles of beer the nights I drink. This, I guess, is a bit too much...

Could you possibly recommend me a solution to this, or at least an advice how not to get aggressive when I drink? Can I limit myself to drinking less beer, or it will be always an issue and I COMPLETELY have to stop drinking? Thank you and much appreciated.