A New Life
Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. …Life will mean something at last.

Life is better without alcohol. A.A. and the presence of a Higher Power keeps me sober, but the grace of God does even better, it brings service into my life. Contact with the A.A. program teaches me a new and greater understanding of what Alcoholics Anonymous is and what it does, but most importantly, it helps to show me who I am: an alcoholic who needs the constant experience of the Alcoholics Anonymous program so that I may live a life given me by my Higher Power.