So, I shall have to amend my sobriety date to August 10th, but all indications are that I'm finally on to something.
Last week was the first full 7 days in the past 2 years I haven't drank, and with each day of sobriety adding up, I feel less and less inclined to drink again, because I don't want to feel like I've lost the progress I've made!
The most irritating part was, when I look back on the week, it wasn't "easy" to resist cravings when they hit, YET it really was quite easy in the sense that it wasn't very much harder than just giving in to temptation and drinking. There were a few times I just went and grabbed a slurpee instead, and went to sleep.
It's definitely neat having a clear head all the time though. It's even more rewarding after I have a "using dream", and wake up without a bottle on my nightstand.