Originally Posted by
Tatsy 
As in, now that I possess the power to stop drinking, forever, after attempting (daily) for years...then I also have the power to apply myself to other self-improvement.
I would argue that you have always possessed the power to quit drinking, Tatsy, but that you were led to believe otherwise. Addiction is a grand illusion of necessity enveloped and sustained by the Addictive Voice, which is subjectively experienced as self ("me").
That is, until the AV is finally recognized for what it is —
inauthentic. It may feel like you were reborn after being misled for so long, both by your own AV, and by certain segments of society, but you have simply returned to your authentic self, albeit wiser for the experience.