I want to stop drinking, but I feel so dependent on alcohol. Drinking is ruining my life. I'm 22 but I really started drinking when I was around 16. I drink every day. I don't stop until I either run out or I pass out. I wake up hungover almost every day then I go to work then I go to school. Sometimes I drink before I go into work/school. It helps me relax. My girlfriend hates it when I drink. I've always been a functioning alcoholic. I work 2 jobs, and I am a full time student. But lately I have been very depressed, the sadder I get the more I drink. Alcohol has always been my coping mechanism. But I am drinking more and more, the majority of my day I am drunk or at least buzzed. I spend more money on alcohol than my rent. My grades are starting to slip, my work ethic is deteriorating and my three and a half year relationship is in jeopardy. I need to quit but I don't know if I can, or maybe I just don't know how...