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Sorry that NIAAA Link didn't work for ya...
I just clicked on that Link in both my Post #9, and in your quoted section of my Post in your Post #20. Both worked, so some other Techno Issue must be going on. I use Google exclusively, FWIW.
Good ole Thomas Edison tried over 6,000 Materials when trying to come up with a Light Bulb Filament that would work over time. Trivia we Geeks know. I've read here the gist of your opening Post many, many times. A familiar Story to some portion of the Population pushing through Recovery. How small or large that segment of the Population here is doesn't concern me.
As with Edison, you now know what doesn't work for you. That's progress, although not necessarily cheerful progress. Other rigorous NIAAA Research concludes that some ~70% of those getting Sober do so without any formal Program. Hold that thought! It's factual, robust Research. Ain't gonna debate that truism either.
Your 2 Years of progress is quite laudable, and I trust it gives you something to build on toward what is going to have to be a Personalized Program; given the scarcity you report of what's nearby.
I'm a Techno Dude in Early Retirement. So, SR being available on my Phone while in line at the Store, or just chillin' somewhere was my kinda Support. More Folks and POVs here that could ever fit in any Meeting Room. The various POVs in this Thread alone validate this observation. In my Universe, truly Recovered Folks unreservedly accept Recovery Methods that differ - even radically - from their own. Why wouldn't they?
As Boleo wisely mentions, many of my supportive Interactions were at - wait for it - the local Dog Park. Just as his were 'elsewhere'. In just BSing with Folks, I'd find out they moved back to Boulder CO to help a Son/Daughter sober up, as they had themselves several Decades ago. And, so on. This led to me realizing I wanted to hang with those already Sober long-term, and getting on with Life. There's a Boat-load of such Recovered [not still 'Recovering'] Folks out there for me to learn various finesse Strategies from. This sizable Population is embedded in the NIAAA Recovery percentage I cite above. That NIAAA Website is a Treasure Trove of non-dogmatic Research, IMO. Our Tax Dollars at work, so to speak, from the NIH...
I hope you can cross paths with similar Folks, and - as Boleo advises - hit your Recovery stride w/o dissonant Stress.
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