what does "treating" alcoholism even look like?

[Altruist]

Even if you were locked up, you would not automatically lose the desire to drink, if you are a serious alcoholic. As long as your alcoholic life is tolerable to you or 'better' than you imagine the sober life, why would you fix anything?

Alcoholic anonymous probably works only for people, who already have the desire to quit before they walk into their first meeting, and I'm convinced most alcoholics do not have that desire.

i realized i'm 20% more potent (which is a huge difference) when i started drinking today. the catch is it's nearly impossible to keep that level of intoxication stable and long-term - at that state of mind, you are also gonna think "if i keep this up, i'll start feeling even better", and you'll just end up drunk and incoherent. and no, the awareness that you've been through that same moment a million times won't help you be "rational" about it - you'll still end up wanting to and drink more. the other extreme is sobering up and turning back into your shit boring reality. i wish there was a real life "save game" option for states of mind.