Originally Posted by
Makrellen 
I'm also a musician, and playing in a band has also always included alcohol.
How can you be rock n roll
and dry and controlled? o.O
I really need to reboot my life
But I'm ready to go for it.
I part of me also laugh and shudder when I think about the cliché "soberness is boring!".
Quitting cigarettes has been a success overall. But not while drinking with buddies/band.
If you do a search on these forums, you'll find at least one thread listing loads of famous musicians who are sober. One of my personal guitar heroes is Johnny Marr of the Smiths, and he just decided to get sober one day, felt that was more of a rock n roll decision than living the cliche.
I'm also in a band (very amateur, but fun) and having a great time. And I also get a lot more practice time in as less time in the pub, and I've never played well while drunk.