I was trying to stop drinking from when I was 28 years old on. I never stopped until last year when I was 42. I don' t know why I took so long. I guess I needed to prove it to myself that it was a hopeless state of affairs. I'm glad I've seen the light now. The 40's are going to be my decade to thrive. I'm realizing all kinds of 'duh! life lessons' as part of my 'growing up' while sober. It's time to be an adult and now I'm realizing, have things in life that excite me too.