Hi Novie. Welcome. It's gotta be Novie cause I'm pretty sure you didn't misspell movie twice.
I don't have a boxer but I have a box cutter, I like cookies but I don't have a cookie cutter, and I don't have a fish but I ate fish for supper tonight
I also drank for close to 40 years quite heavily at times and incredibly the past few years. I will be 56 in a couple months. I felt like hell when I first quit. I feel pretty good today. I drank beer like a chain smoker smokes - I was a chain drinker. Plus I supplemented it with a LOT of vodka and bourbon the last few years. Not to mention the tequila I drank in snifters - or just from the bottle when I was in a hurry.
On top of that, I was a constant user of skoal. Just quit almost two weeks ago.
I think I am going to be okay. If you quit and stay quit, you'll be okay too.