By Victor YoccoOriginal Source: thefix.com

If you’re abusing alcohol and have decided it's time to stop, here are some tactics that helped me to get and stay sober. You don’t have to undertake this daunting task alone.

You stumble to your car after a night out drinking. Not just any night, New Year’s Eve! You pounded more beers and downed more shots than the other people in your party combined. Some of them are wondering how you are still conscious. Yet they let you drive home – again. You wake up the next morning only half remembering the night before. You can’t remember how you got home – again. This has to stop. Your resolution is sobriety in the New Year – again.Quitting drinking is one of the hardest things for an alcoholic to do. I’ve struggled with drinking and have now been sober for over four years. In this time, I have completely changed my life for the better. I’ve written about my struggle and the role the industry I work in plays in promoting alcohol use and abuse. I want to share insight and actionable tips on how I’ve managed to stop drinking and stay clean since April 2014 – known as forever in active alcohol abuser years. I hope this will help people struggling with alcohol abuse to make the decision to find...click here to continue reading