yeahgr8 -- thanks for the good words. I need to say I do have a problem ... I'm sick of worrying about "do I have a problem?" and I'm finally just saying ""yes." I am of the school that if you think you have a problem with alcohol, you do. I gotta be straight up on that, deal with it and, ideally, move beyond it. I've flirted with giving up alcohol before. Gone a month or two, no worries. I am just coming up on 30 days sober this time around. I'll really feel I have reached a new high water mark when I reach 90 days and beyond. I've got to say I have a different mindset this time around -- a mission and a new resolve. But one day at a time ...