Originally Posted by
thomas11 
Make sobriety/not drinking the most important thing in your life for a period of time. After a few months, it gets easier. If you cannot do it on your own, seeking professional help is the responsible thing to do.
I'd edit this just a bit - make sobriety the most important thing in your life - permanently. Always.
Being in recovery allows me to have Every. Single. Thing. I have now. My program (AA, so it also has a spiritual component that is very central for me) comes first, and it is the backdrop of my life.
Once I finally decided I was DONE drinking, I figured out how to live. That's what my action plan of AA provided me, and I built on that foundation from there.