Rob,
Very inspirational story so far. I'm very interested in reading your future posts.
I encourage you to build a ping list. I'm sure many of us would like to hear more. If you do so, please put me on it.
It sounds like your story will likely apply more than just to alchohol. Many of us are fighting other addictive vices (smoking, overeating, drugs) to which your story may make the difference.
I will build a ping list called "Addiction Recovery". If you want to be on it, let me know. If anyone knows how to mine a thread for all the names to start a ping list let me know. That way I can put everyone who responded here on it as a start.