It's quite possible that you were covering up some pain with your drinking. Drinking usually turns out to be a symptom of a life that we're not happy with. We run and hide behind the very thing that is the root of our problems. That's what A.A. is for. It helps us deal with sobriety and build a life that we like. Keep in mind that your unhappy marriage is also a symptom of Alcoholism. Don't be too quick to say it's unhappy until you have a chance to make it the way it was meant to be. You will feel discontent, disillusionment, irritibility, depression, Anger, resentment, and a bunch of other emotions that I can't think of right now. Don't give up though. Through A.A. you will grow and develop spiritually to the point that every cause of your malady just doesn't matter like it used to. That includes "wine breath"