Good morning, perea3. Welcome (back)!
I've been here off and on since 2012 and am finally getting it! To me the key has been to make recovery/discovery a full-time job.
Meetings, reading recovery stuff (including this forum and the Alcoholism forum), planning my day so that I'm busy from morning til night, rearranging to change up my living space and eliminate drinking reminders... you get the picture. Perhaps most importantly, I've made myself accountable to many people that love and care about me. They know to expect a call every x weeks (depending on how close we are) and to check me if they think I might be going off the edge.
I'm happy to help in any way I can. What are you doing now?
O