AA is the Only Solution for Alcoholism

AA or Alcoholics Anonymous is a meeting place that helps give the power to overcome alcoholism. I wanted to make a post about this to really get down to the core of why AA is the best and the only way to beat alcoholism. Studies keep pouring out showing that AA gives people hope and an advantage, not just short term, but for decades down the road. Currently just under 1.9 million people are in AA and are getting past their alcoholism.

The 12 Steps


1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
God is our only savor. You cannot turn to friends, family or the alcohol that has consumed you. You are powerless and God is here for you.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Belief in God is the only way to beat alcoholism. As you've probably noticed, atheists are out of control alcoholics that will never change.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Turning yourself over to God. Surrendering to his power is the only way to beat alcoholism. Atheists don't have a chance, that's why they can never quit.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
When you're messed up with alcohol you lose a grip on yourself. You don't realize the morals you live by are being broken.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
You need to let yourself, other people, and most importantly God, that you have a problem.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
You do not have the power to remove your defects. Only our God can do it.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Only God can give you strength where you need it.

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Apologize to those you've hurt during your sinful times.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
You need to speak to them.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
God knows when you're doing wrong, so just admit it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Prayer is truly the powerful medium for which you can overcome your alcoholism.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
When you are personally touched by God it is your duty to spread his message.