I wouldn't consider myself a full blown alchoholic, but have my issues with it. I never get really drunk, but enjoy daily drinks.

I honestly don't know what to tell you. Life is quite boring in general (work, home, prepare house work, cook, sleep, and if you are lucky you have a few hours for a hobby), and alcohol made the time go much faster. Meals are also more 'boring' without a nice glass of wine or beer to go with it.

The few times I was ok without drinking at all (as I am now), I basically focus on sports. That is probably the only thing I still find interesting and do fully sober. All my free time as I can, I use it to train, sometimes 3 hours, sometimes 6 hours a day.

TV, reading, woodworking even trying to code for fun always lead me to want to have a beer or wine with it, sports and competition doesn't.

No clue if it will help you, but try it and see.