Welcome Frankh77 - as you mentioned, this original post is a few years old. You'd mentioned how it was difficult for you to work in your current industry due to the drinking culture that surrounds the business.
I'm around your age and used to work at a restaurant and was also a bartender. There is no way in heck I'd return to the service industry and I applaud you for noticing the challenges that might come with this line of work. Any thoughts on alternatives? The restaurant biz experience gives you a good background that you can apply to other careers. I myself have dipped my toes into tourism and adventure style shops (backpacking/hiking stores, outdoors stuff, etc). Maybe you can shift your focus?