“Al-Anon, like AA, is founded on a spiritual basis, on acknowledging our dependence on a Power greater than ourselves.” (ODAT, 1 May)
The phrase is interesting: acknowledging, not establishing. We are dependent. If I don’t think so, and treat myself as a separate individual, self-made, answerable only to myself, I’m delusional, and a delusional person does not make good decisions. The universe I’m then interacting with is not the universe that’s there. That explains a lot.