Hey Cody, I know what you mean about alcohol. For me, I spent the past four years in one of three mindsets: high on Adderall, drinking/being drunk, and sleeping with Ambien. My peace of mind depended on knowing I'd be able to take my pill to get shit done, drink to come down, and take my pill to go to sleep.
Eleven days ago I quit Ambien and Adderall cold turkey. I drank myself through the first several days, hours, minutes, seconds of fog and fatigue and exhaustion and anger. Knowing that of the three drugs, I just needed to quit the As. With a healthy lifestyle, without Ambien and Adderall, I am a responsible drinker. But in those first moments, I needed familiar emotions. Fog was not familiar. Exhaustion was not familiar. Dumb was not familiar. Being tipsy or drunk was familiar.
If you know yourself, you know what might hurt you temporarily and what will absolutely break you.