There’s no easy road to recovering from addiction. It takes a long time and a lot of bad decisions to lose control of one’s self - to sacrifice their dignity and integrity, and fall to a level of despair deep enough to be “shocked into a state of reasonableness” sufficient to change their ways. It the appreciation of the gravity of the situation that will allow the recovering person time to endure what will no doubt be tough times before they begin to experience glimmers of hope that life can get better. That usually requires them to become a part of a fellowship, and to avail themselves of help with HUMILITY… the absence of self - because it was ego, resentment or self-pity that enabled them to justify scraping on the bottom for so long on their own. There’s no “cure”, no magic bullets, no shortcuts, no lightning bolt “struck sober” events (with rare exception), and no way to substitute hard-earned life-in-recovery experience - - certainly not by reading a book or by letting someone else be responsible for your welfare.