Well, I was drinking pretty much constantly for 5 years at ridiculous levels and frequency (daily and ALOT!!!!!!!!! of alcohol). I first made proper attempt at quitting on xmas eve and that lasted until maybe the 20th of January or so. Then drinking again until the 8th of february, then stopped again.
I did try AA a while back but I felt like I didn't really fit in, most fo the people were alot older than me and I couldn't really relate to them, and I was still drinking at the time so i felt like I didn't really belong there. I'm scared to go back because I'm sure people will remember me and prolly think of me as a no hoper as I didn't actually stop drinking while I went, tho in fairness I was dangerously dependant on alcohol at the time so just to stop would have been really dangerous.
Luckily I did a detox.
What is SMART recovery? I'm not sure we have it over here....