Original sentence: " It is because the element of choice is removed from the equation that turning to a "higher power" is required
Edited sentence: "  While that may not "define" alcoholism, it certainly does serve to qualify who is and who is not an alcoholic (by AA's standards, of course).It is entirely because the element of choice is removed from the equation that turning to a "higher power" is required.It is important not to discount the first part of that sentence and a line from page 24: "We are without defense against the first drink" because while the physical craving gets much play in AA meetings, the mental obsession is all but ignored (how else would one explain the advice to newcomers that they "just don't take that first drink"