Thanks everyone. I'm actually surprised to find it's very difficult to use words like "sobriety" - in fact right there is about the second time ever that I have typed it. Because I have never considered myself "alcoholic", therefore it doesn't seem right to refer to my "sobriety".
But the truth is that a drinking problem is a drinking problem. There is perhaps no difference at all, and I may well fit the criteria for an alcoholic.
And once I put that word down for the first time, a little earlier today, it suddenly felt better, even if I had to force my fingers to actually type it out the first time.... but it seems that once you do that, it suddenly becomes empowering to say it/type it!
So here it is:
Sobriety.
Sobriety!!
Sobriety!!!