So based on what you wrote, I think your question might be a bit vague as written. But if I'm understanding correctly, you'd like to, through one means or another, discover some kind of root cause for your drinking, and assuming that's something that can be "removed" from your life, remove it and totally abstain from alcohol moving forward? Am I getting that right?

Assuming so, I'd venture to say, sure. There are people who have been able to do that. Maybe they drink because of some trauma in their past and once they've gone through enough therapy or other means to process that trauma, move past it and cease drinking to cope.

Perhaps they drink because of environmental causes like they work in a alcohol heavy environment, or live with people who are drinking constantly, and once they get out of that situation, they are able to stop.

For myself, I found that I couldn't stop drinking through any means of self discovery or knowledge. I had a lot going on at once. I liked the feeling i got when i was drinking. I liked that drinking made me feel my trauma less. I was physically dependent on it to feel "right." I had incorporated drinking so thoroughly into my routine that it felt impossible to remove.

So there wasn't one thing in particular I needed to discover or change that would work. It had to be a LOT of things at once. I needed to be physically removed from alcohol for long enough that I could get my mind right and even have a chance at living without it. I needed to process my trauma and clear out the shit from my past that caused my mind to think that a drink was the easiest way to feel ok about myself. I needed to change some things about my long term situation and surroundings in order to break the routine that I had incorporated so drinking so thoroughly into.

For me that meant rehab for a couple months followed, attending meetings and working the steps of AA.

That's not to say that's the only way. Like I said there are people that can figure out a root cause, remove that cause, and then are able to stop on their drinking on their own. But i will say this, basically everyone when first contemplating how to address their drinking problem asks themselves "how can I do this and change the least amount of what I consider normal about my life?" That's very normal. But just be prepared that if you're far enough down the rabbit hole where alcohol is really negatively affecting you, it might take more effort on more fronts than you initially want to admit.

Best of luck to you.