Sean. I started drinking at 18 and was alcoholic by 19 and knew it. Telling me to not drink was like telling me not to breathe. I didn't hit the brakes, ever. Drank every day til 33 years old. It cost me a lot. Lost dreams, screwy relationships and failing liver and hollow soul. You've never tried being sober & it may be the key to a happy life you never thought possible. It was for me. I have had some gruesome setbacks in the last few years, but I can say sobriety is the best thing I ever did and gave me joys that were impossible and promises them in the future if I stick with it. I would never have been able to do it without AA for many reasons, but if for no other the friends I made there. Why not try it.