Hawk writes, "Various controlled drinking programs out there....."
Oh dear! One of the hallmarks of alcoholism is increasingly desperate and hopeless attempts at "control". Alcoholics love the idea of "controlled drinking programs" - it means they won't have to stop! This doesn't work - alcoholics do not have control, their response to alcohol is abnormal and defines their illness.
Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive and ultimately fatal disease.
Only one answer of the alcoholic, total and permanent abstention.