Hi flyaway,
I found out if I wanted to be undercover, I have to stop wearing the Nordic horns helmet and 7" red sequined spike heels to the 7 Eleven to buy my National Enquirer every week (my MOST serious reading, during PRIVATE TIMES only).
In all seriousness, however, I have to tell ya -- keep coming on here and reading, even if you don't post. I've picked up more pearls of wisdom from keeping my mouth shut than I could ever have imagined.
Quitting drinking CAN be done. For me, I almost equated it to the "window" NASA looks for when setting off a shuttle launch. While I don't like to make too much of timing, especially when it starts to look an awful lot like procrastination, I could tell the time was right for me when I jumped off.
Good luck to you.
FT