Bullseye
Strange as it seems now, for many years I would try to quit by not drinking and then hoping I would not feel like drinking again.
Well, golly - I was addicted to alcohol. OF COURSE I would feel like drinking again. When that feeling came I would react to it by hoping it would go away. When it didn't in a few hours or days, I was back to drinking.
Hope: it's a great thing, but it isn't a PLAN.
The next time I feel like drinking I will _________________ instead.
Fill in the blank. That's the simplest short-term plan I know. It works if you use it.