It's kind of like a mussar sefer. You may not feel yourself changing, but slowly but surely the tips and chizuk start to work at your innermost being. ssslllloooowwwllleeeee we begin to change.
The tips in the forum, the handbook, the chizuk emails, bardichev's cholent and woodford, and the ebooks are all mechazek you.
They start lighting up the fire inside your soul.
They may help you strengthen yourself to fight at a time of nisayon.
Think of each tip as a brick you may consider using in building your bridge to The Land Of Sober. You don't know how many bricks you will need yet, but you need to keep the bricks coming until the bridge is complete and you arrive at your destination.
An excellent question.
This answer is certainly only one take.
I'm curious to see other answers.
all the best.