Discontinuing the poisoning of the brain, body and spirit is a really big deal, no matter what age...but especially for those that have a problem with it. Some drinkers have the attitude, though, that everyone just needs to 'get it out of their system' and just quit drinking when they do. That type of thinking is what I hear from people who want to justify their own continuance of drinking. "Just gotta get it out of my system". Well now: the only reliable method of 'getting it out of the system' is to stop putting it in the system. Funny how the alcoholic thinking and justification takes over though....I'm glad you stopped poisoning yourself. That is no small thing.