This is fantastic to see... congratulations to you! You deserve major credit as its not easy. I quit drinking 10 years ago and it was tremendously difficult at first. The only way I was able to do it was with meetings nearly every night for the first year. I got a good sponsor, an older gentleman with decades of sobriety. This man developed and implemented NDGPS for the U.S. government. Non directional GPS. Its what farming combines use to work large crop acreages. He taught me that if your drinking causes you problems, you have a drinking problem. He also taught me how to identify when my "mind was attacking me." I learned that many alcoholics drink to deal with anxiety issues that they've yet to identify because they've been drinking them away since young adulthood. The first year is tough but once you get used to life without the need to drink it gets easier. Breaking that societal norm of a habit is the hardest. Then one must deal with the underlying issues that drive the addictive behaviors in your life. I did all that, scored an amazing gig, and rolled out a Time Magazine 'Invention of the Year' winning technology for a fortune 500... Only to let myself become addicted to anxiety medication 5 years later and lose everything. You see I never fully dealt with my underlying issues. It took me another 4 years to get off that substance and rebuild my life. I am blessed that after all that I got a chance to join another company rolling out a revolutionary tech in the United States. Please note that my sponsor, who helped me break free from alcohol 10 years ago, killed himself. He walked out onto his front lawn 5 years ago and shot himself in the head. My story, his story, all of your stories will have much in common. Many of the most brilliant and driven minds struggle with addiction. None of us can take our eye off the ball as we walk a precarious line to stay in balance. But if walked, that line can lead to success, happiness, fulfillment and love of one's self and those closest to him or her.