HC,
welcome.
staying sober long-term is highly unlikely with this: I have been trying to keep the option of drinking available.
some people, me among them, had to take that long view and look at the forever-want and come to peace with the "never-again" in order to have the option off the table today.
others take the option off the table for today only. others do neither of those but find something else that works.
but not drinking is required if you want long-term sobriety.
sounds like you might be ambivalent about it...
if you really want a simple life, i can tell you that certainly my own life is much simpler with no drinking, no thoughts around when, where, how of the drinking and the consequences...oh yes, much simpler now. free to do and think of other things.
there are AA meetings online and a million other recovery-organizations with gazillions of online involvement 24/7 available.