Building an "alcohol-free" identity...that's the ticket.
It could be a matter of discovering again who you ARE at your ESSENCE...who you REALLY are....that takes honesty. And, maybe the truth is you are not to crazy about the sober you....but it's when you honestly look at the sober you, you can begin to make choices that lead to changes to become the kind of sober person you really want to be...there's got to be some change involved here; real change.
The use of alcohol gives people a temporary change in how they FEEL while under the influence...but that's a deceiving feeling really....and it goes away; it's fleeting. Then what have you got? Ask yourself what's left when the alcohol has left your system.