Thank you for sharing, that was very brave and I appreciate your honesty. 
I agree that's society's view towards alcoholism makes recovery much harder. Our society tends  to blame people with addictions, saying things like, they need to take responsibility for there actions. Alcoholism is a disease and requires treatment, and it isn't the persons fault.
That's not to say a person is pewerless, or unable to change their behaviour. It means society can't just say "stop drinking" for the same reason you can't tell someone with depression "stop being sad" and expect it to work.
Sometimes, addiction is a symptom and treating the underlying (depression, anxiety, other) mental health issue removes the addiction with very high success. It's like, removing the hurt that makes someone want to be numb, instead of saying that the numbing (drinking) itself is the problem.
One may find that positive psychiatry helpfull, it folcuses on what makes you well using your own values, instead of another's.