Welcome Abbie.
There are many threads about this.
I started one myself.
20 days before I turned 60 I had had enough of being fat drunk and hungover. I really really wanted to stop the vicious cycle of drinking all day. Waking up hung over. Repeat. I was hoping my wife might join me. (She doesn’t get hangovers and doesn’t want to quit.) (she likes it.)
Anyway, I download this app started a thread about ME WANTING SOBRIETY and I was welcomed by a bunch of beautiful, sober people from all around the world that I now call friends, all trying not to take that first drink. Or DOC. Because after that first one I know all bets are off. I’m very active on here. And because of this app. My knowledge of addiction, I learned because my children 
An open mind. Belief I’m powerless over alcohol, mine, yours, my wife’s, my children’s. And now attending Al-Anon meetings frequently I can happily say I’m sober and never want to go back. It isn’t easy. I’ve worked hard. I’m on this app participating too much. But I’m not drinking.
One Day At A Time.
We are here if you want the support.
Have a good read around. Join in when your comfortable.
