I guess I may have "tried" to quit drinking many, many times. But I really only count 3 times where I made a concerted effort that lasted longer than a couple days. The first time I made it 2 weeks. The second time I made it 6 weeks. The last time I decided to put sobriety over everything in my life - including girlfriends, friends, family, jobs, vacations, etc. - and fully commit to it in a way I had previously felt was too extreme. Still sober 18 years later. And all those other things were eventually in better shape than they were when I was drinking.