People who fall to such a weakness need something or someone to follow. If AA does it for them, who cares about the why? I would prefer to have someone that has to get their strength from others than an alcoholic on the road. But more than giving them the strength to admit the problem and face it, there is a support structure there that a normal, none alcoholic person might not be able to provide.

Anyone that has ever been to an AA meeting should know this.

In meetings, people admit that they were powerless over their addiction. That does not mean that they are powerless before alcohol, or that they have to remain powerless over their addiction. It is simply a confession of helplessness before. That helplessness does not have to remain; AA is there to help.

AA teaches addicts a new way to live. A new way to cope with issues that does not involve alcohol. Not all addicts attend the same number of meetings, and they don't have to go to meetings to stay sober. It's just nice to know that you have a support group when you need it. When things get tough, there are people there to help.

What we also need to remember is that not only do these people get support, but they also have someone that is empathetic to their plight. . And there is a certain knowledge and strength that comes from this interaction that can't be obtained through many other means. .

Alcoholism is an illness, it isn't drinking to cope with life's stresses. An alcoholic has a compulsion to drink and is then unable to stop. The AA program of recovery gives an alcoholic a way to learn how the illness operates as well as a way to recover from the compulsion. Far from being weak-willed, many alcoholics are in fact determined, devious and persistent, yet plagued by the feeling of weakness in the face of failure to control their drinking. By following a simple program, any alcoholic who truly wishes to stop drinking can achieve and maintain sobriety by identifying and then addressing the underlying illness. Having recovered from the compulsion, the illness arrested, the recovered alcoholic can then pass this message of recovery at meetings to other suffering alcoholics; helping others is a fundamental way to maintain sobriety. This means that far from relying on meetings to stay sober, the meeting is now a way to give back what was given freely. Recovery. A suffering alcoholic has a mental obsession to take the first drink. This is powerless. The program of recovery gives a defence, so a recovered alcoholic need not be powerless. Alcoholism is not the same as heavy drinking. Only another alcoholic can fully understand the despair the illness brings. Only an alcoholic can truly help another alcoholic to recover through understanding. This is what the fellowship of AA gives. This is my experience.