Saphie the key I found to escaping that mental obsession for a drink was in CHANGE!!!!
What did I change? ME!!!!
I can only share my experience with change, if I did anything else but that I would be expressing my opinion............ and we all know what they say about opinions! LOL
I found change in the steps, through change my HP lifted my obsession to drink, I can say with all honesty that my obsession to drink was almost totally GONE once I had taken step 5, by the time I was working steps 9 thru 12 it was gone!
The obsession has not returned, but I am well aware that I need to daily continue to apply the steps daily to all of my affairs to stay spiritually fit in order for things to stay the way they are & for me to continue to grow as a human being.
Recovery I have found is an ongoing process where we daily work on improving our physical, mental & spiritual states in what ever manner works for us.