Thanks for sharing your story of hope and inspiration. I'm a recovering alcoholic, too, and I've lost 70 pounds!

Something I've found helpful is this: whenever I crave a drink, I use it as an excuse to celebrate the fact that the poison is leaving and has left my body. Instead of having a drink, I have a not-drink. It's easy in this framework. I've used this technique to quit smoking pot too, and I just passed a home drug test for the first time!