I'm with you. I suppose maybe there are some people who see themselves as powerless, but that view just doesn't work with me. If it does for them, great, but some of us just don't think that way and thus need something other than AA. I have the SMART handbook and I've read it - lots of great ideas, but since I've studied much of the underlying theory academically, it was more of a reminder and a way to adjoin my existing knowledge to my 'problem'. The closest SMART meeting to where I'm currently staying is over an hour away and with gas prices and the meeting being only an hour, I've not gone, though I'd like to visit one sometime. For me, I've been finding that a personal, attitudinal approach is working, but many of the SMART methods and techniques have assisted me as well.