Originally Posted by Received

Hi Felix and welcome to SR.

There are many different road to recovery and AA is one option that many have chosen. I myself chose to attend at one time several years ago.

The method I used to finally stop, for good, is Rational Recovery/AVRT which you can google for their website. The book is called Rational Recovery The New Cure for Substance Addiction. It is a "method" of sorts, not a program.

To address other problems, some caused by my past drinking, I see a therapist, my GP and of course come here to SR which is where I found out about Rational Recovery/AVRT.

One has to find what works for them and there are programs such as LifeRing, SMART and others available.

Different things work for different people. But not drinking is not only an attainable, it's awesome!