Hello TimeDrain.
Alcohol is a great persuader. It would have one believe that life is not worth living without it. A deadly delusion that needs to be smashed.
It is possible to bring meaning into life without having alcohol do it for you. I found a life defined by alcohol was really a life encapsulated by chemical restraints. There is a new freedom to be found with sobriety. One that allows discovery and growth into a better realm of existence.
I hope you can find this to be true for you as it is for me.