Welcome to the SR family!
Please make yourself at home by reading and posting as much as needed. There are permanent (sticky) posts at the top of the forum pages. They contain some of our stories and lots of wisdom.
Here is the link previously mentioned that contains excerpts from the book "Under the Influence":
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...influence.html
Here is another link that is one of my favorites:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...l-problem.html