Thank you Grymt for your thoughtful post. I, too, am an AA advocate, because it is so far working for me.
My urge to drink left me pretty quickly but I know just one drink and I'll be thrust back into the misery and despair I tried hard to escape for so long.
As I'm still new to sobriety I am yet to form an opinion on the steps. For the first time in my adult life I'm doing what I'm told, not analysing or over thinking it.
I had my first experience of the destructive power of resentments this week, called my Sponsor straight away to talk it through. Was it a coincidence it came up now...while I'm doing step 4? Maybe not. I did not need to drink over it and I would not have seen this so clearly without the help of AA.
AA has been a remarkble, life saving journey for me.