I thought your comment was naive because..

Having faith in things "higher than yourself" for the sake of curing alcoholism is just ignorant of the real facts of life. It is admitting you are too weak to handle it alone, and must rely on a self created God of some kind to help achieve this.

I have been ignorant, because I have not looked at the AA 12 step program, nor have I experienced alcohol addiction, and my post was short and sloppy but I was busy.

I think it is a bad idea to rely on a placebo effect to cure alcoholism, when there are deeper issues, psychologically.

I would like to add in this post that I do not believe in any God, or ghosts, or any form of supernatural.