does Stabil work?

I used the stabil once over the winter, and had to take my carb apart to get it running in the spring ,( cant remember what was in there, was years ago) i am gun shy about it now, still have the 1/2 used portion left, sea foam has been good. In the spring I used to pull the plugs and squirt a bit of fogging oil, trans fluid and seafoam mix in the cylinders, and then crank the engine till i had oil pressure, a couple of times, put the plugs back in and start. a friend talked me out of this so i just let them sit now.....