Sounds like you're making a good start SS by thinking it through and dumping the booze.
Dee often posts about the importance of having a "plan" for staying sober when the going gets tough & shares a nice link with helpful information about how to make your own plan. Perhaps someone will come along to share the link, but if not I suggest doing a search/browse through newcomer threads and giving it a good read.
For me, HALT and AV were two tools that I found very helpful in the early days. For others it's having someone to call instead of picking up, or a meeting to go to.
Alcohol had less of a grip hold on me once I found other, better ways to address my needs instead of picking up. This was my first big shift that kept me sober.