i read your post with attention i had too a similar problem some years ago, i was drinking to much not as an alchool addicted but enough to ruin a bit my life, i mean get up early it's hard if you have an hangover, last xmas i get a bad one, i broke up with my boyfriend and i was sad but alchool did not hepl me i get more and more sad i cried, vomit and day before it i was so upset, i promis to drink less when i am sad, many social moments require alchool but i think the important is not abuse of it, ok a glass of wine or two but if you start to feel drunk you must stop, it's unhealthy and dangerous.