When someone has to cut down on their drinking, they are typically prescribed medicine for a co-occurring disorder (alcohol is frequently used as self-medication for anxiety and depression, for example). Even when used as prescribed, benzodiazepine abuse remains a serious problem in the world of medicine usage. Read this article for more on the subject:

https://mhc.cpnp.org/doi/full/10.9740/mhc.2016.05.120

How do you feel about the abuse of benzos?