Hi, im new here and thought i would introduce myself

I was planning on buying my very first harley this spring, but I kinda got my first dui instead. oh well, gives me more time to save up money for next year anywayz

but yeah, figured i needed some kinda help after last night. Blacked out yet again last night. Im tired of blackouts, and they happen more and more frequent. I dont drink as often as I used too, after my dui back in janruary. but when I do drink, im always getting drunk and blacking out. I feel like im missing out on everything. but drinking is such a social thing for me. Whenever i get out with friends, we are always drinking, meeting up at a bar, or drinking at bbq's, and im just tired of it. There has to be more to life then drinking. kinda like riding. but drinking has screwed that up for me, and yet, I still continue to drink. i have no license, and live out in the middle of nowhere, so aa meetings are kinda hard for me to get to. I still want to have a social life, but want to stop drinking also. How did you people do it? Were you still able to go to BBQs and not have a beer? what was it like?