This was an interesting thread, until my Fitzgerald-esque crack-up. The porn debate was particularly interesting; if anything, the social mania has got worse now.
I was in a very bad way in 2010, but I didn't really drink again until 2014 when I had a new career and had brought a house. You can turn things around without extreme measures. I only went to two AA meetings, they weren't for me at all. Psuedo-religious junk didn't help, but I also determined to sort myself out. It was about control and a different environment, for me, in the end.