For me I found a lot of help in a group of other recovered alcoholics. On my own I was able to quit for a few days, but I was not able to stay quit. See I just thought it was the alcohol but my problem was ( and is ) much deeper than that. I had a problem with who and what I was am had hidden from me for about 20 years with booze. Problem was the booze didn’t work the same over time and I needed more and more to get the same escape. Finally it was too much and I made a call to a friend I knew was sober. ( he’s not anymore.. ) but I have reached a point where I know if I drink I will not be able to stop. So I just try to be a good human, not get too angry, and help another.

It’s not the liquid it’s the fear, regret, and remorse that I didn’t know how to cope. I learned these skills and today understand my body reacts differently to alcohol. I choose to not start today.

put the plug in the jug.....

I finally realized that I was tired of being separate and alone. Full of fear because I wasn't loving myself. (It took a while to see this)
My recipe is practicing self care. Walking, exercise, whole food plant based diet, plenty of water and developing the skills to be compassionately curious about what is going on inside to make me feel the way I feel and behave the way I do.
I was ‘given’ the opportunity to step back and be intimately alone with myself for months to heal physical trauma and, more, to start to heal the emotional pain that is the root of all unhealthy behavior.
What came first? the chicken or the egg….. was my new intention to take care of myself begun with with each sober day or is each sober day begun with a shift in perception that I’m allowed to take care of myself.
For me, and everyone who wants to be whole, sobriety needs to be all encompassing. Treating symptoms of our deep hurts (wether we’re aware of them or not) is just the jumping off point. The drinking is a symptom and the cure is to love myself.

For me, it all started with covid, I was drinking more and more, one day I just woke up and said 'that's it' - told my doctor, joined AA online, reached out to this group and the rest is history.
Basically, I wanted a better life for myself and could see how the future was going to play out if I continued drinking and I was scared as it wasn't going to end well.
I stay sober by regularly checking in here and doing volunteer work at an animal sanctuary.
I have learnt to enjoy life without substances & have replaced the bad things, with the best things

AA meetings and other alcohols helped me get sober.
I think the #1 thing that keeps me going is that I can find no excuse to drink. I don't want to escape in a way that causes me to be unable to function.

Absolutely you can be teetoteller.

I think it is really important to find other things that make you happy, once I started doing that, I forgot about alcohol as I had replaced it with getting joy from lots of other things.
Yesterday, I walked 16 dogs at the animal sanctuary, I came home tired, happy and content.