yep, did all that

all of the above plus:
portion Control - only one glass - get bigger glasses - only one bottle - get bigger bottles
only drinking spirits with ice
never drinking spirits with ice (freeze the vodka bottle instead)
not drinking on an empty stomach
keeping 24 hours between bottle and throttle - oh sod it 12 hours'll do, well ok 6 hours at a pinch
not being truthful
and lot's of other stuff

Hello, couldn't resist this one.......more about alcoholism....

Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, drinking only natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums we could increase the list ad infinitum.



I shall add one of my own,
Taking my will back and thinking things will go well!!!!

Forgetting to "play the tape all the way to the end."

I love dodworths "using only illegal drugs" - lol! this is a fun post, I can relate to many of these. Also what didn't work for me: meetings without a big book or sponsor!

1. Denial was a poor stategy for me.  Was good at rationalizing an evening of significant excess by progressively lowering the bar on outcome, "Well, that wasn't so bad , at least I didn't do X." 

2. Counting drinks was silly, because I could always pretend that a huge glass of wine was "only one".  I actually halfway believed that nonsense.

3. Convincing myself that I drank like a normal person because I would limit myself to just one in a business setting.  After that wrapped up I could then go out and celebrate my discipline by getting trashed away from colleagues.

The human capacity for self-deception is extraordinary on so many levels.  The way I approached cigarettes should have been a clue.  I never understood social smokers.  I was a pack and a half per day guy until I quit cold turkey.  Alcohol ultimately evolved into a similar thing for me.  At some point I crossed a boundary and went from that social drinker to someone engaged in the games outlined above.  As an alcoholic, any strategy other than abstinance simply is not possile for me.