Originally Posted by
HercTRock 
Perhaps being partially into the 9th step isn’t a failsafe.
No, it's not. Since you are AA I feel safe in answering your question in the following way.... (This isn't the 12 step forum
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For me, it has been to relinquish my choice to God. I don't get to choose. If I keep the choice to drink or not to drink, I may choose wrong, or I may get resentful, or self pitying.
God, or my higher power, whatever you want to call it, is, in fact... "fail safe". I am not. So I let Him run the show.
Mark