In the beginning I needed to think about NOT DRINKING as opposed to thinking about drinking. The need to substitute during my drinking hours water and candy or sweet items helped cushion the lack of alcohol. Getting INTO instead of being around AA was a big survival method for me also. Probably most needed to do was KEEP COMING even when I didn't want to.Meetings, meetings, meetings because my super intellect wasn't working with my drinking problem for years. BE WELL