I am thinking of giving up the booze, maybe completely......we will see.
As others have said, it's only dangerous to go cold turkey if your alcohol consumption is at a level where you depend upon it.
The difficulty / ease of doing so is going to be related to your bodies relationship with alcohol and dopamine.
Essentially when you have alcohol your body rewards you with some dopamine which makes you feel good.
If you drink constantly, then when you don't have that dopamine you feel terrible so then you *need* a drink to feel normal and bring up your dopamine level.
That's how most alcoholism is formed.
Some people form this alcohol relationship more strongly than others. I drink occasionally but have no connection with it making me feel good, and I don't really like it when I start to get squiffy. I therefore very rarely drink much, and usually only drink things that I think taste nice. For other people though it can be the polar opposite. One thing you can do to support yourself if you start feeling like it's difficult to stop, or you need a drink, is to find a better way of giving yourself a dopamine boost such as hard exercise such as a run or a long / hard cycle ride.
If you are really concerned and finding it difficult it might be worth finding a local AA group, if only just to listen or to have other people to talk to who might be in the same area. A family member has these issues and AA was hugely beneficial in helping him climb out of the position he was in.
