I'm a recovering alcoholic & I think it's great that you're on day 8 & feeling motivated. Don't forget, however, that alcoholism is probably the only disease that'll lie to you. My history proves that. I've been in & out of AA a few times over the past 35 years. I don't say that to preach...just to give perspective about how I experienced the disease. I bought into the lie that I could drink like a "normal person."