"Alcoholism is a progressive disease. It feels for me like I went to sleep one day with the confidence I could do anything, then woke up years later to the reality that I had done nothing."
I feel as if I could have got so much more done in the last 5 years from wasting evenings with a bottle of wine.
There is a book called "Thirsty Muse" (you can find it on amazon) - it's basically about the fall of these great minds, including Hemmingway, through alcohol.
Stop while you have the potential. I am.