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What has worked for you?

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justanobserver

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Skaloop said:
What has worked for you?
In order to overcome your drinking problems, what sort of treatment methods did you use/are you using?
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I had to quit, plain and simple or I would die. Not just a cliche but the doc told me that. Being a full on alcoholic, I had to make up my mind not drink the rest of my life and then change the mindset about it as well as my habits. Go to meetings, read the Big Book of AA, work my personal program, do the steps which are a very effective tool to help me in my sobriety.

I had spent a month in rebab back in Dec '99 - Jan '00 but within a day after I got out, I was back to drinking and using. Looking back, the reason why I "stopped" then was not for me but for everyone else. I have been clean now over 3 yrs and sober for over 2. Longest I have gone without and I attribute it to I had to change for me, no one else.
 
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Yeah, my biggest thing was a change in mindset. Changing my habits to find other more productive ways of spending my time. I saw a shrink for a bit, which helped me figure out how to deal with the stressors that lead to my drinking, and that really helped too. But other than that, it's been willpower and support from my wife. I've heard lots about AA, but that was definitely not an option for me. So I'm curious to see what works for others.
 
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