think I might be a drunk

[Old Codger]

2. Seriously?

If you start out dismissing the most successful program around for helping alcoholics you tie your own hands right off the bat. I am an atheist and do not believe in any god at all period, but picking something that I could live with as a substitute saved my life.... I too attempted to sabotage my program by using the higher power thingy but after trying it on my own I decided there might just be something to making a stab at it and still not have any sort of god in my life, just something that would work for me no praying (except the serenity prayer) no gods just something I could use as a higher power... this discussion has been going on for years and will continue for years and will most likely never be settled.... IMHO anyone who wants to get sober/clean will do at least as much to accomplish that as they did to get drunk/high, if it means pretending then so be it.