Originally Posted by
soberlicious 
Exactly. Had it been a must to understand those things before quitting you might likely be dead by now, yeah?
AVRT says quit now, figure out the reasons later if you want to.
Actually, it was a must, for me, soberlicious. I absolutely needed to understand my addiction was killing me, and not a useful thing I could do about any of that while I still drank simply because of the nature of my addiction. This understanding took time and effort to achieve while drinking and in-between drinking and false-stops.
Eventually, my understanding of that, as a requirement, -- stop drinking or die from alcoholism illness via addiction is what saved me and enabled me to finally quit. Your suggestion otherwise is not my experience.