"If he thinks he can do the job in some other way, or prefers some other spiritual approach, encourage him to follow his own conscience. We have no monopoly on God; we merely have an approach that worked with us." Page 95.
No monopoly on God but, for alcoholics of my type, according to my experience and expert medical opinion, pretty much a monopoly on permanent recovery. But then, you may not be an alcoholic of my type.
You mentioned in the last ten years you have done the steps. I am curious, which steps have you done, say, in the last week?