I'm glad it worked out ok Andy.
I'm gonna chime in and echo the others tho - going to places where you used to drink, where others are drinking, is not the way to close down that obsession - or at least it wasn't for me.
You may even be feeding it.
Give youself a break. I took several months 'off', staying away from anywhere where I might find alcohol...extreme maybe but I was an extreme drinker.
Most importantly, it worked. The chatter stopped, in time.
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