I tried to quit on myself 100's of times. Never worked. I finally went into detox and kicked it fro a few moths but went right back to drinking. Then I decided to give AA a try...knowing that if I did not kick the drinking I was going to die soon. It worked and I have been sober goi on 6 years now. I have whats called a Alchol indiced Cardiomyopathy and I have an internal pacemaker that keeps me alive now.