Welcome kingman,
I hope
http://www.xa-speakers.org/ comes back online soon, I miss being able to go there and hear the speakers of AA, they really helped me in my early days of withdrawl. I was a truck driver back in the 90s, I drank relatively 'normal' for most of that time but towards 2000 the drink took over my life and I could no longer do the job physically and mentally \ all I wanted to do was get drunk every day and just barely get by. I am regaining abilities and retraining myself a little at a time, wish to get back out into the working world this year. Try asking on the CB for a friend of Bill W..... Not sure if it'll work but it's worth a try.
Wish you the best.