Thanks everyone for your helpful responses. The thing I've been thinking about in the last few weeks before I quit was WHY I drank. Feeding the addiction aside, I think that one has to be pretty disconnected on some level to abuse one's body to the extent that we do; I know I can quit drinking, but can I stay sober? I don't think so, not unless I identify and then work on the underlying cause. Fortunately, I've figured out what that is for me, now the challenge is to work on that, and I see that as my biggest challenge...