Originally Posted by
fini 
you can choose to do a lot of things.
feeling you don't have power of choice over drinking in no way means you are helpless to make choices about what to do about that.
Exactly. Provided a person can see the true nature of their situation, they can make all kinds of choices on what to do about it. Sadly, many never realise the seriousness of their situation, so making choices about fixing a problem they can't see never happens.