Originally Posted by
helpimalive 
I just think my biggest problem is the way I WANT to drink EVERY DAY to get DRUNK, and the way I can’t stop thinking about drinking when I’m not doing it.
There's a name for that - it's called
addiction.
Willpower cannot remove the desire for alcohol. That has to be starved out, and it takes months.
Where willpower (or resolve, or commitment, or whatever you want to call it) comes in is in your actions. I didn't resolve to stop wanting to drink. I resolved to stop drinking.
That desire to drink is just a thought, and I have many in a day I do not act upon. I want to punch my boss in the head, but I don't. I want to see if my co-workers breasts are real, but I don't. I want to run idiot commuters on my way home off the road, but I don't. I want to drink, but I don't.
Thoughts of drinking can't hurt you. Don't give them more power than they deserve.
You can ABSOLUTELY do this.
