I drank for 40 years. When I knew I had to stop (actually when the consequences, and my state of mind, and the state of my wife & family, got so BAD) ... I struggled for a long time ... stopping, drinking, quitting with or without a solemn oath, drinking again ...
I tried may ways to stop ... and kept drinking. The ONLY thing that finally worked for me was going on Anabuse, AND WORKING the 12 STEPS of AA.
I am now 2 years SOBER, Happy, Joyous and FREE. And I KNOW U can B 2.
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