I accepted that I had a drink problem, that whatever I tried to do to drink moderately, I could not. That my only solution was to quit completely. Then work a program to change my perception, attitude and thinking patterns.
I think it was a couple years of trying. I would get a couple weeks, then my addictive thinking would kick in, I would make the mistake of listening and I would drink again for a short while.
Gradually it got to where I would just drink for one day, then quit again. Then I stopped altogether.
Once this happened and I had accepted it, it was actually quite easy to not drink.
I fully embraced my recovery.
I now have a life way beyond my dreams.