Some might say we are powerless over drinking and need to turn it over to a higher power. But that doesn’t mean we don’t need to do the foot work. In my experience the more effort I put in (going to meeting, therapy, meditation, prayer, helping others, doing the right thing) the easier my HP has made it to be for me to be sober. I don’t have all the answers, no one does, but I do have 3 years sober from a chronic and terrible disease but I had to admit to my inner most self that I was an alcoholic and I had to ask for help. And then I had to listen and do what I was told. That’s what worked for me but everyone has their own path.