Does anyone belong to a twelve step program?

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

One thing that's helpful is having a Sponsor I can call when there is a craving. Also, it can be helpful talking to people about why we drink/use.

There are people who were low life drunks living under a bridge who have 20 - 30+ years sober who can share how they did it.

That's nice, but the bottom line is your results will come from whether or not you truly want to stay clean/sober, and nothing anybody else does can change that. It would probably do you more good to speak to a psychiatrist or a psychologist about the reasons why you drink/use and work with him/her on resolving those issues than simply spilling your guts to random people.