Hey dude

Good for you for persisting but why not cut down or totally stop drinking! Alcohol gives you confidence yes but women respect you more if you can approah them sober. Don't become too dependant on it. Personally I'd rather be shitting myself then approach as I know the feeling of achievement is that much greater.

Find some wings in your area, even daygame too. Set yourself goals and to warm up ask for directions, then you can go direct "oh by the way I have to say you are really... gorgeous"

Don't be overly concerned with results. This will mess you up when you're out and you will be heavily inside your head as well as making you really nervous. It does help to imagine every women you see having sex, get horny and this will motivate you more to approach. You're going to mess up a few times no matter what method you're using, its all part of learning and this is how you should look at it.

Don't not approach for fear of messing up. Just approach for the sake of it to see if the girl meets your standards. Just have a conversation, add some teasing.

Solo and sober a true test of confidence.

tony77 & Knave

I agree - it almost feels like cheating myself from drinking but I have been not drinking so much for the last month or two and the pub crawl was a chance to let go a bit...

After reading Snake Eyes posts on daygame I think that will be my next aim, like you say one step at a time, for me probably baby steps...