I drank and used drugs for 23 years, I died many times, spent over 4 years in prison and was commited three times. I tried therapists, religions cults and none of them helped me stay clean and sober.
What finally happened was that I became a member of the walking dead, was very sick physically, mentally and spiritually and as Rusty said I became so desperate not to have another day like the last that I quit and I asked for help and was given it.
There are many ways to stay clean, all of them involve other people most other addicts in recovery.
It takes as long as it takes to get clean and stay clean, limiting myself to one more go would have been a death sentence or even worse a living hell sentence.
Kevin