There is a solution!

One of the chapters of the AA book proclaims:  There is a solution!  This was pretty radical considering the book was written in the 1930's and at that time alcoholism was looked upon much like sex addiction today.  Many thought there wasn't a problem and that alcoholics should simply moral and discipline up and stop drinking. Those who realized the desperate dilemma of the alcoholic really didn't know how to help them.  They seemed beyond hope.

Then through a series of unlikely circumstances and experiences a solution was pieced together and AA was born.  Their solution was that by working a series of twelve steps, one would clear away the debris in their lives.  This would make the way for a power greater than themselves to grant them a vital spiritual experience that constituted a change greater than their longing for alcohol.

Such a solution has been given to us in the twelve steps that we work in our program.  We are not cured and no one in our group is beyond the possibility of acting out.  But as one member said, "No longer does the car drive me to the adult bookstore.  I now drive the car."