But isn't going to meetings 3-4 days a week still letting alcohol govern your life?
AA is not the only way but for me it saved my life. So I go to meetings to try and give back what I was freely given. My hat is off to those that find other ways. For me through trial and error I found anytime I let up on the principals of AA I start backsliding. I truly believe that I am powerless over alcohol and that I have a healthy fear of it.
I chose to stop experimenting many years ago.
"The result was nil untill we let go absolutely."