well done on 2 months Dad23
congratulations on giving up drinking.
The OP did NOT mention rational recovery. JFC!
I myself made that same decision. Although it took a drastic life changing event for me to do it. I said that very day that I was never going to allow alcohol to affect my life ever again. The only way to ensure that was to never drink again.
It wasn't until 3 months after I made that decision that I even heard about rational recovery. And it is by far the most logical approach to stopping drinking. To be sure, I didn't research ALL the potential approaches, but most of them.
Someone accused me of promoting rational recovery in a thread because of my "signature line". Give me a break. It is just a statement of fact.
Some people in certain "programs" cannot just let it go. All this gentleman said was that he gave up drinking and shared his logic. He was not promoting anything as far as I can tell other than that yes, one can make the decision to quit drinking. I did it too.
He should be applauded, not questioned.