The best advice that I got, that luckily I heeded, was to make myself accountable. When I first decided to quit drinking, I even considered "just keeping it to myself", like not even telling my husband. HA! Any time I felt really compelled to drink, especially in the beginning months, I told on myself here and with others in my "real" life. My October 2013 mates strongly suggested that I tell a group of women who I always go on an annual GW with that I had quit drinking before I went on the trip and that was KEY! I know that if I had I just used myself as accountability, I would still be drinking today. (I am almost 18 months sober.)