Hi
I do not know how many people I have seen relapse over and over depending on their HP. Still if they believe in it, it is a great tool, but it is not a absolute law and the statement below is out place by saying that a spiritual experience is the only answer.
AB
"If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely,
or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take,
you are probably alcoholic. If that be the case, you may be
suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will
conquer."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 44~