I am happy for you that you beat the drink! My folks never could. I only knew my father, my real dad in the few months before he passed away. He didn't drink while he had his cancer. He lived his life drinking, and this is what I still remember about him. Dad has been gone now since 1990, and I am now 60. I wished I had had the opportunity to know him better in the sober mode, because I found out when he was sick, that he really was a nice guy. Any time some one quits, I cheer, because they are giving their loved ones a real gift, that of their sober selves. ginnie