<human>: 5 years ago today, I went on my first date with a girl who ended up being the love of my life. 

Here's some background information: I was a serial dater, back in the day, to the point where there was a different girl every month. Then one day I meet this girl, let's call her "Kelly". Well, "Kelly", was by definition, the complete opposite of me. Kept everything neat and organized, spent the weekends with her nose in the books, always reading and learning new things. I was more of the "it's not a mess, it's organized chaos; let's drink on the weekends" kind of guy. 

Well, after almost four years of dating, I knew this girl was the one for me. She helped make me who I am today. I had everything planned to propose to her. But then she went to Italy for a month. After her month traveling Italy, she returned state-side and went back to visit her parents. Well one night, we were chatting over Skype, when she admitted to cheating on me while she was there. She told me that she couldn't live with the guilt because I had been "everything" to her, so she broke up with me. So here I am, a month away from proposing to the girl of my dreams, and she ruined it.

Anyways, while we were dating, I had always gone all out for Valentine's Day, being the anniversary of our first date. Last year was the first one I had spent without her in 3 years and I ended up drinking myself into a stupor and passing out on a friends couch. This year I decided to try and clean up my act and try to get through the day, but we're only 3 hours into the day, and I already hate everything about this "holiday".

So what I'm ultimately asking is, How do I get through today, without resorting to alcohol to make me forget the memories I have?

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: Was going to propose to girl of my dreams, she cheated on me, then dumped me. Valentine's Day is the anniversary of our 1st date. I hate this "holiday".