“Alcohol was my master.” (Page 8, Big Book)
In the first part of my life, the question was this, who is in charge, me or alcohol? When I realised it was alcohol, the game was up. Then I was faced with a new authority problem: who is going to be in charge of my life, me or God? Well, if I choose me, I’m really choosing alcohol, because, without God, alcohol is in charge of me. In this three-way authority problem, God trumps alcohol, so the only way to beat alcohol is to surrender to God. That solves the second authority problem. Except this resolution is 360-degree. For God to beat alcohol, He has to be in charge of everything.