Originally Posted by
ScottFromWI 
Getting sober was pretty serious business for me, and for a lot of others here too. I understand humor can be part recovery, but don't forget you are only 6 days out from your last relapse and we are here to help you.
^^My thoughts exactly.
My dad used to say I was "trying to do it my own way." The reality was I wasn't trying at all - but his point would have been true for a long time, had I actually tried to stop. Once it was boiled down to one accepted focus- never drinking again- and AA came into the plan, everything was simplified and my brain and "ideas and plans" exited stage left. And I got sober and am staying that way. All activities, healthy habits, time-occupiers, self-improvement etc etc ad infinitum stem from that one thing.