Hey I'm about to turn 49. I am 4 days sober after a relapse but I had 25 months before that. I wish like hell, to the depths of my soul, that I had gotten sober at 26. It would've saved me tons of finacial, physical and emotional pain.
Good luck and we are here for you. We're on 6 continents too so there's always someone here. (I've always wondered if there might be a stray alcoholic or 2 in Antarctica that found SR).