Originally Posted by
Freedom1990 
My experience has been that people will drink again because they want to drink more than they want to be sober!
I used to be the great analyst, I'd think myself in circles if given the opportunity.
Today I prefer to keep it simple.
I drank for a long time when I REALLY wanted and needed to get sober.
Alcohol had the power, not me. That was my dilemma the whole time - I thought if I just tried 'hard enough' I could lick it - but I would be drunk again soon (within a couple years is 'soon' to me).
There are alcoholics who have lost the power to choose to drink or not drink - they will drink themselves to death unless an outside force stops them. It's not a matter of wanting to be sober more than wanting that drink.
There's a book that says that even the strongest desire to stay sober will be useless to the alcoholic. It's called Alcoholic's Anonymous.
Give it a read!