Originally Posted by
DayTrader 
You can either stop on a non-spiritual basis or you can't. If you can, you're not an alcoholic - get some support, get some help, just don't drink, go to meetings, whatever....just stop drinking. If you can't, welcome to the club. Neither could I
So all the people who quit without a spiritual awakening are not alcoholics...gosh it must be so nice to know what shoes these people are walking in that you can be sure they are not alcoholics.
Isn't there a step in AA about the ego somewhere?