Many people think that an alcoholic has a choice where drinking is concerned.
This is a common misconception and it is not true. Their disease has robbed them of the power of choice where drink is concerned and they are beyond human aid. The help they need must come from a power greater than themselves. In AA most of us call this Power God. When an alcoholic reaches the point that we call rock bottom and turns to that Power which is God, for help, he or she has arrived at last, at a place where recovery can begin.