How to begin this process properly

[Hotdog]

Hi everyone.
I want to commit fully and finally and give up the booze.
In the past 10 years the longest I stopped was for a month just once. I occasionally manage one day without but also cave back on day two.

I’m unfortunately a heavy drinker. And can’t have just one.

How have you all gone in preparing yourself to stop and start this journey?

I’ve done AA and hated it, I just didn’t get anything out of it.
I just want to give myself the best chance and preparation this time.

[Dazercat]

Welcome J

With my knowledge of addiction, through my lovely children who are both miracles of recovery. 12 step programs. This sober forum helps me tremendously in my sobriety.

Gratitude is my strongest tool. I’ve retrained my brain right over here on this wonderful thread Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #8 🪷

After a couple of years I needed more for my sobriety and I now go to AA.

Keep an open mind and stick with the winners.

[Dazercat]

Dan started a great thread too.
Dans link

Your #1 tip for sobriety (over 2 years sober)

How many days sober are you and what is your #1 tip for people if you could only give 1. I’ll go first. I have 1,832 days sober today and my best tip is work on your sobriety every single day. If that’s spending time here, going to meetings, reading sobriety literature, listening to sobriety podcasts whatever it is do it every day.

I wish you well.

[4649Tobeme-now]

I always appreciate your thoughts Dirk!

[Ray_M_C_Laren]

@Hotdog

How have you all gone in preparing yourself to stop and start this journey

My experience was i went to AA and for me it worked has done for the last 38 years , plenty of other programs out there wish you well keep us posted on your recovery

[Matt]

I need help from other people: I need to learn from people who have walked a recovery path before me and who have built up some sober time. I can’t recover “my way”, because living according to “my way” is what got me in this mess I find those people in recovery groups and on Talking Sober. There’s a wide range of recovery groups listed here (along with many books and podcasts): Resources for our recovery

I need to take action. I need to say “I want this”, then I need to go to a meeting, and in between meetings I need to make calls to people in recovery, to check in. Addiction is isolation; recovery is connection.

I need to do healthy self-care: eat healthy food and don’t neglect it (don’t let myself get hungry); deal with my anger in healthy ways (usually by talking with a person in recovery for advice, then following that advice), don’t isolate myself, and get enough sleep (I’ve become a big fan of naps).