Thanks for sharing. Similar to you, I started on the "craft" or "import" beer stuff after the initial college binging of macro brews wasn't enough. I had money, which was new to me, so I bought a lot of higher-end stuff. Plus, the alcohol content was key. I was all about IPAs, and thought myself "refined" and even a bit sophisticated! I even bought merchandise, there is still a Dogfish Head beer sign hanging in one of my spare rooms (time to take that down methinks).
That was a lie I told myself. Once I gained too much weight, I switched to vodka. The downhill spiral accelerated quickly once that happened, and that was all she wrote. Lost everything, well, not everything, but I lost quite a bit.
I'm 7 months sober, so still working at it. Thanks for sharing your story, sounds like you have a realistic view of your situation. Good luck, we will be interested to see how you are doing so keep posting!