Thanks for the replies...
I know that after all the other attempts with stopping alcohol over the years, it was this forum and the kind people on it that set me on my way and finally helped get me off the booze.
I just remembered something today which I did not know I had forgotten about... Mad this as its one of those goodies that even though its simple it really works and it was one of main tools in my early years. That I won't drink (or drug) just for that day. I would plan my day. Go through it in my mind right through to bedtime, visualising it.
And it had gone from my mind.
It's back.
Thanks all.