How to get sober without AA

This is a post from a friend on another site. Talks about all the things she *tried* to get sober, instead of going to AA. (Of course, none worked):


here is a list of what i tried before finally getting into AA, feel free to try all or any, hope you have more luck than i did:

Rehab
Resonance Treatment
Addiction Counselling
General Counselling
Antabuse
Anti Depressants
Changing Career
Changing Location
Changing Drink
Changing hours of drinking
Changing venue of drinking
Exercising
Dieting
Losing friends
Cutting off family
Changing partner
Taking time out to get my head sorted
Stopping smoking
Reading self help books
Losing weight
Locking myself away
Not carrying any money
Living in Hotels, relocating after each big drink
Asking advice from the barman/taxi driver/random people