MovingForward1, The problem with kids these days is they just don't stick with things. They don't have the roughness or the ability to face adversity like older folks do. I drank for 35 years, had 5 DUI's and many other problems. They maybe be smarter than us but they can't take a beating like we can
I'm 6 months sober. We have many more years of the addiction but also more years seeing what it does. Knowledge of the affects keeps me sober. It's a big change when you spend so many years doing something.
You can quit. The first week is the toughest. Plan on doing something to distract yourself during your normal drinking hours. Look at yourself in a mirror then do it again in 14 days, you'll look 5 or 10 years younger. It gets easier with every passing week-they say habits take 30 days to form or break. Don't decide you feel better of have gone X days and "reward" yourself.