Aww, thanks pinkdog. It's nice to wake up to words of encouragement. It's just occurred to me I haven't had that before!
I'm glad you're on the road to recovery. I'm the only sibling out of 5 that doesn't have a dependence on alcohol, yet, although I know it coud creep up on me any minute if I keep drinking. I've seen how hard it can be to become free of it so I'm rooting for you, too.