Congrats on day 7, I found early sobriety far easier by using the heck out of the serenity prayer and maintaining a posotive outlook to stay sober rather then a negative one.
When drinking seemed like a good idea I would look at every single thing I could be grateful for and ask my self is a drink worth losing this over?
Basically I worked at maintaining an attitude of gratitude, if I am grateful I will not drink.
Lifes problems will always be there, but if I am sober I can deal with them, if I am drinking they grow.
I have never solved a problem by drinking, I have caused a great many by drinking, but never solved one.