Great post, Ornithology, and congrats on four years. It's amazing that we all have the keys to our cells all along, but we sometimes don't recognize that.
For twenty years it was inconceivable that I would not drink. It literally never crossed my mind, any more than I considered building a house on top of Mt. Everest. It just wasn't something I considered. Once I realized that drinking myself to death was NOT a requirement and that I could stop, everything in my life fell into place. I didn't do any other program...just SR. SR (and more accurately, the people here) saves lives, no doubt about it.