At times that I've cut back voluntarily, I still tried to maintain the rituals. Like for instance, when I come home from work, I generally pour myself a cocktail. It signals the end of the work day and the start of my time. So, instead of a cocktail, I'd pour a glass of iced tea from a pitcher of kept in the fridge, and spike it with some cranberry juice. The pattern was close enough to the mixing of a cocktail that I didn't really care that it wasn't an actual adult drink. The ice clinked in the glass just the same. I like to have a glass of wine on hand when I balance the checkbook and pay the bills (keeps me from panicking), so instead I'd have a diet soda in glass stem ware.

It also helps to rid the house of what you can't have. Making it incredibly difficult to have a drink goes a long way toward changing your attitude about it.

Good luck and get well soon,
Rex.