Originally Posted by
GerandTwine 
100%! The Technique of Recognizing one's Addictive Voice, which inevitably requires a Big Plan, will "work for" anyone who actually uses it.
You say "That was me for many decades". OK, I'll bite. What 'are you' now?
I threw in the towel for good in 2008 using mostly mindfulness. There was a big difference tho, I felt a "shift" had occurred. I knew I was done with it, my deck of cards was out of any desire at all to put myself thru any of that again. It took over 3 decades to reach that point so I'm not much of a success story.
In the past I was 100% sincere in my efforts but about 6 months was the best I ever managed in my earlier attempts. I have no way of knowing if a big plan would have made a difference or not. Is a big plan any match for free will, flux, flo and all of that? What if my free will wanted to resume my old ways?