What is it exactly that you did do to stop drinking.
Once I made the decision, everything else fell into place.
It wasn't easy. But it was very simple: stop drinking and save my life, or continue drinking and lose my life as well as bring misery to my loved ones and others.
Laz did it, too -- he did what I did: he made the smart decision and lived it. The difference is that I did it "alone" -- that is, without support groups or AA. When I say "If I could do it, you could do it" to Laz, what I mean is that I believe sincerely that Laz could have done it all by his lonesome, without the use of support groups or AA (human lonesome -- I think it's safe to say that Laz and I both know that God, or as AA calls it, a "higher power," which comes from within, is very much necessary, so in that sense, neither Laz nor I did it "alone.") What I object to and find so tragic and sad is that so many people are convinced that an alcoholic, or a heroin addict, or a cocaine addict, or a pot addict, cannot conquer his/her addiction without the involvement of a support group of humans. IT IS A LIE. I have personally known heroin, coke, and pot addicts, as well as alcoholics, who have overcome their addictions just themselves and God, no support groups or counselors or clinics or rehabs involved.