Last time i put the drink down i shifted my focus from doing tons of meetings to doing step work through the book with a sponsor..
Quickly i learnt that the 12 steps IS the program of recovery.......id missed the "elephant in the room".....i presumed the more meetings i did the sober i would get..........trouble was i couldnt string together more than a few weeks with meetings alone.
Some gain huge benefit from doing lots of meetings.......thats great.
but the programme of recovery is the steps...until i engaged in the work, i kept getting drunk.
thats my experience.