I relapsed after several years of sobriety and I struggled to get sober again. I'd go a few weeks, then get drunk for a couple of days, then go a few weeks, and then get drunk again.
I was trying hard to get sober, but I was taking sobriety advice from a drunk, me!
Once I had that clarity of thought and realized that I couldn't do it alone I gave up and tried AA. I'm not a hardcore AA member, but between AA and this website I've managed to put together several years of sobriety.