Alcoholism

[Dotard]

You don't beleive in higher powers? At all?

Not when it comes to personal decisions and choices. There are 'higher powers' than me, such as that judge I'm standing in front of. But when it came to the decision to do what got me there in front of him, stealing that candybar or drinking that bottle of Jack Daniels, that was solely me. There was no 'higher power' that had and bearing on my decision. Same with those who decide enough is enough and stop drinking. It is soley their decision and has no 'higher power' helping them along.

I too was in a 12 step program. The State of Texas in all it's wisdom ordered me to complete it for marijuana addiction to avoid jail time.

Of course I had a problem with the whole 'higher-power' shit. Yes our social constructs placed the police as a 'higher power' than me, but I'll be damned if I was going to pray to the police.

"Oh Officer Smith, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can............." (you know the rest)

They did nothing to convice me to accept step one, and I did not hold back on letting the group know this, so I started on step two. In reality I completed a 11 step program.

As a side-note. I was stoned at 75% of the meetings and still smoking. Hell, I'm stoned right now.

Why? 'Cause I'm weak willed. I have not the will to stop.