Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.
When alcohol influenced every facet of my life, When bottles became the symbol of all my self–indulgence and permissiveness, when I came to realize that, by myself, I could do nothing to over come the power of Alcohol, I realized I had no recourse except surrender. In surrender I found victory over my stubborn resistance to life as it was given to me. When I stopped fighting anybody or anything, I started on the path to sobriety, serenity and peace.