I did the "Deal with myself" to limit my out of control drinking before. Sometimes it would last for weeks, then days, then hours, now if I were to pick up a drink I would have about 30 minutes until black out time and then perpetual misery until I sober up. No "deal" ever survives the first drink. One of the biggest hurdles I ever overcame was realizing that the voice in my head saying "It will be different this time" is a bald faced liar.