I drank through half of high school, 3 yrs of college & 15 years of bartending after dropping out. Functioned pretty well the whole time (other than the dropout thing), every bar I worked at ended up giving me keys & making me a manager. But after 2 solid decades of drinking at least 3 days a week, with lots of binges in there.....I started to realize that I didn't know how to NOT drink.
I've now been sober almost 10 yrs (hope I don't drop outta this one), and I can tell you that there IS a satisfying and fun life without alcohol. I don't know if I woulda believed them, but I wish someone would've told me that 20 yrs ago.
Keep comin back here, good luck!!