After working through the steps, specifically through step 7, I lost the desire and obsession to drink or use. I attribute this to something more powerful than me.
My life continued to improve after this and I worked through all those steps at 2 weeks of sobriety.
I saw my patterns of behavior and I learned many things about me by working those steps.
Simple, not easy. No need to define any god or to even believe it was a god. Just something worked.