Take the pills for the shakes, dont drink and get myself to a meeting.
Sounds like an excellent plan!!!!
You know the BB says it all:
We thought we could find an easier softer way. But we could not.
I fought it for 10 years and the whole time it turned out that the "easier softer way" was AA! I am not alone in this, I see so many doing just like I did, fighting so hard and so long to do it "My Way" because it seems to be the "easier softer way".
There are those who do it their way, but they are few and far between.
Glad to hear you are going back to what worked for you before.