Does anyone belong to a twelve step program?

[NoraBrimstone]

I tried an ACA Twelve Step Program, got the book and workbook and everything. I gave up on it mainly because of the "higher power" bullcrap. I tried to just make it mean something else to me, like "the universe" or something metaphorical... but then I came to realise that the whole point in the "higher power" aspect of such programs is to put the responsibility of any failure on this "higher power" and avoid actually dealing with the problems at hand, and also admit you can never have any control over anything in your life, which is bullcrap. Bloody useless for anything.