Take it from someone who's been there, it won't matter what else you do as long as you ignore her on the drinking. Everything that comes out of your mouth will be heard as quacking.
And it's not just getting sober, it's working on your sh!t through AA or some other program.
If you're going to continue to drink, I wouldn't even worry about doing anything else, just drink and enjoy yourself.
I looked back on your thread and saw lots of references to surgeries and other things that might be causing your wife to have "issues" and want to walkaway.
You've had the answer all along.
Me 57/H 58 M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13
Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering. Caroline Myss