If I had relied on sheer will power to quit drinking, I wouldn't have lasted 3 weeks nevermind 300+ days.

Will power is finite and when I hear people say they're just going to gut it out, I rarely feel confident that they will make it.

I'm no expert on this subject and never want to pretend to be or try to project that.  All I can do is share my own experience.

The things that helped me the most at the start and throughout were

- Have a vision for something better

- Be clear on where this ends up if I don't deal with it (as Jordan Peterson says "what sort of hell will you create for yourself"

- A handful of people I knew I could count on no matter what (probably the most important)

- Going to bed as early as possible.  Night time was when I wanted to drink.

- Understanding and coming to terms with the reality that, as Dr. Gabor Mate says, " All addiction is rooted in trauma and unresolved pain."  I had to face what was eating me up from the inside out that I didn't even know was there.

I hope you find this helpful. Please let me know if you did.  Your comments and feedback is my fuel and I wouldn't do this if it weren't for knowing that it was making a difference in the lives of others, so please let me know!

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