I was on SR several hours each day. I also read many books about getting sober. My favorites were (and still are) the Alcohol Explained books by William Porter, Under the Influence by James Milan, and Allan Carr’s Quit Drinking without Willpower. I like William Porters the best. It gives a great explanation about what’s going on in your body when you drink. I focused on correcting my diet but I didn’t worry too much about excess calories in the beginning. My body and mind needed to heal from the booze first. I was deliberate in not forgetting the bad stuff about alcohol. I tracked my blood pressure everyday and took pride in watching it come back to normal.
The biggest thing that made the difference was that I really decided that I could not, without a doubt, ever take a drink again. I never want to return to that hellish existence of chasing that bottle day in and day out. That stays with me today with over a year of sobriety.