While I acknowledge that some people can get sober on their own, I'm not one of them. I walked into the doors of AA a wreck who turned my life around. There's a saying that alcoholism is the disease of attitudes and I agree. Me the active alcoholic is self-centered in the extreme, angry, has low self-esteem coupled with enormous ego. Going to a lot of meetings and doing the steps transformed me into a nice person who cared about other people.
However, when I cut back on meetings or perhaps skip meetings for ten days or so the old attitudes come back. I isolate and I'm miserable. So the only thing that works for this alcoholic is going to a lot of meetings, talking to others and asking for help.