Looking at this as a disease, believing I have genetic defect, that my body has an allergy to alcohol and it creates a craving for more.
To me personally, the steps and the big book were moot point.
I can look at it like a patient finding out they had cancer.
I didn't have to investigate any longer doing research to see if I could drink normally.
Just reading the stories, hearing people share at meetings. That was easy enough for me to digest. Perhaps, some people have long list of amends to make, a problem with a far off God, more then normal defects.
What ever it takes to stop drinking and live a productive life is what matters to me.