An Answer

If you think you are an atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic, or have any other form of intellectual pride which keeps you from accepting what is in this book, I feel sorry for you.

If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair.

But if you really and truly want to quit drinking liquor for good and all, and sincerely feel that you must have some help, we know that we have an answer for you.

It never fails if you go about it with one half the zeal you have been in the habit of showing when getting another drink. 

Alcoholics Anonymous [First Edition],  p. 193

There Is No Total Answer

There is no total answer - no total freedom - only continued growth.
Daily reading, openness to learn from others' encounters with life, and study of how they faced their most challenging spiritual questions will bring us progress.