HP can keep you sober

Sometimes they say alcoholism is a spiritual malady; a hole in the soul, if you will.

"However, new research shows that as attendance of AA meetings increase, so do the participants spiritual beliefs, especially in those individuals who had low spirituality at the beginning of the study."

So that belief in a higher power actually does do you some good. It can help you heal that alcohol problem you have. In other words, rely on your higher power. But don't let it be the fellowship for too long. Mr. Sponsorpants hates that. Because:

"It's not the fellowship which gets us drunk. It's our unrealistic expectations, our ego, our resentments, towards people in AA which will get us drunk -- it's on us, not on them, not on the fellowship."

Only a higher power is something that can lead your life, and lead you to a life free of alcohol. Something or some people that can lead to resentments (because no one is perfect) will get you back on the bottle in time. Of course, lots of people develop resentments against their God; even Mother Theresa was mad at God in her journals. But if you rely on that higher power you can let go.