I'm glad it worked for you but no where did I shit on AA or going to AA. You and everyone else really got this all wrong.

edit might as well postt he rest of this: I merely pointed out that there are those who DONT GO. My friends sister is dead at 45 from drinking. Went to AA once said it was a joke and never went back, tried therapy didn't keep up. Family friends step daughter died at 37 from organ failure from heavy constant drinking. She never had any desire to seek help as if on a suicide mission. Lord knows those families tried to get them help. (Never mind the locals at the bar I knew who drank themselves to death in their 50's/60's with their pension money.

So excuse me if I pointed out that no, AA isn't or doesn't work for everyone. Many simply don't go for whatever reason.

And I am intimately familiar with mental illness and addiction both personally and surrounded by it via family and friends. So don't think I misunderstand the op, you or your path's to recovery.