Thanks all for your input. I already have the Beyond the Influence book on order after seeing a recommendation on this forum so I am looking forward to when it is delivered.
I think now I am sober I am ready to learn about how alcohol really affects the body. Up until now I have never paid any attention to the medical warnings. All I really learned was that alcohol destroyed the liver but, you see, that would never happen to me because I was not an alcoholic (!)