Thanks to you all for responding. I'm really impressed with the level of support and understanding the people on this site provide to one another.
As for me, I've decided to plan a drinking 'stop-date' and see how it goes. Luckily, i dont have any serious withdrawl issues...other than being an irritable ass after a day or so... I'm a bit on the private-side and am leary of AA at this point (probably for the same thousand reasons you hear from other addicts)...so for now the SR boards will be my only real source of peer-support. Wish me luck!