Thanks for the warm welcome. I made it last night. Went to the store and had to avoid eye contact with the beer, and I stayed busy by cooking dinner and fixing a couple of things around the house. Seems that avoiding boredom is one of the keys to this sobriety thing. I'm accomplishing a ton of things around not being flopped on the couch buzzed for hours.
Calculated that I've spent $310 on liquor alone in '09 (and just for my own consumption). Plus a bunch more on beer and wine. Gotta keep thinking of positives to avoid the sauce!