Congrats! You seem to be following a very similar path to mine. Do what you're doing today everyday and very soon, the cringe will leave. I also spent time rethinking alcohol on a larger scale:
-how it affects our health care system
-how big corporation are stuffing it down or throats through advertising
-How the industry is making money from our pain. I bet some of the big wigs don't even drink.
The more I learned on this side of things, the more determined I became to NOT be someone's puppet.
I think you're on a path to happiness in sobriety. Awesome!