The big book of AA tells us that we as alcoholics get three choices, and only 3:

We can:  Sober up, get Locked up, or Covered up.

This is a potentially fatal disease if left untreated.  If your Dr. diagnosied you with a terminal illness, and gave you no hope of survival if left untreated....most of us would seek treatment.   What if that treatment was going to meetings, working with others, and working on yourself.....and you don't have to lose your hair.

I imagine the 22 yr old guy who was just sentenced to 26 yrs for killing two people driving in a blackout....what he would give for the freedom to go to meetings, work with others, read the big book, and not be in prison.

Today, you still have a choice.  Rarely have we seen a person fail, who has thouroughly followed our path.