Pushed into it every time - go to AA or lose your job usually. The last time was, go to AA or you won't be able to see your daughters. My lawyer, of all people, wrote me a letter! For me the thing that was different this time was I hooked up with a sponsor who had firm, specific ideas about step work (one of which was there was a lot of work involved), and i stayed scared long enough to follow his suggestions. Felt at the end of my rope a lot of times. Usually I wound up waiting the feeling out. Right action produces right thinking, not the other way around.