Originally Posted by
yeahgr8 
Examples of people with long term sobriety (5 years plus) on SR who have done this without any of the above or any outside help at all please?
Obviously not looking for examples where the person has no choice about this, I.e incarcerated, paraplegic etc. mind you even then I would like to hear the example anyway:-)
I quit and then remained a teetotaler for over thirty years without any support system whatsoever. I went back to drinking during a family crisis and then quit again after the crisis was (happily) resolved. I'm now 5 months dry and rely only on this forum to remind me of the pitfalls of drinking. From the statistics I have seen, including those of AA, about two thirds of those who quit drinking do so with no support at all: like me, they just decide to quit and then do so.