I had that problem - right up until I was 40, wolf.
I don;t know what it's like for you...it's a long time since I was 22...but
I figured out most of those years I really didn't want to quit, I just wanted to control my drinking.
When I wasn't drinking I felt resentful - and I'd do basically the same things as I did when I was drinking, & hang around the same folks (who naturally drank a lot too)....then use the fact it was 'boring' and uncomfortable to prove to myself that not drinking was 'impossible' for me.
When eventually the chips were down drinkingwise and I had to change my life...I really changed my life. I think that's key.
It may sound like a cliche, but it's been true for me - your life is what you make it, Wolf.
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