So true. I relapsed for one night after I started attending AA (researching step one, I guess). The compulsion to drink was still there, the euphoria gone. It was just me watching myself in disgust as I chugged booze, by myself as is my style, until I blacked out. When I woke up I thought, hm. Looks like I've had my share and then some. Time to get serious about this.
Since the way we drink can kill us sooner or later, it's a d@mn good thing AA ruins our drinking.