Time. I'm eight years sober, and honestly, alcohol mostly never enters my mind as a source of stress relief. When it does, I remember a simple truth: Drinking makes problems worse. Whatever I'm dealing with – and I cope with a lot of stress at work and home – I know that alcohol will ultimately exacerbate the problem. My vice is chocolate, but I find I'm able to manage that with diet and exercise. It probably took me a year to reach the point where my default solution in coping with stress stopped being alcohol. We all have the power to make this happen.