Yes and through that addiction I learned how senseless fighting is. I fought alcohol a lot...most every day...and the record is perfect...I never won. Alcohol was the bigger foe.
It was only when I surrendered, ceased fighting it, embraced it for what it is...the power it wields...the lessons I learned, that I started to overcome it.
Over my two decades on this path, I realized that applies to all aspects of life. When I am fighting the problem "out there", I am in for a loss. Whatever the foe, it is too great for me.
"We ceased fighting anyone or anything..."
An excerpt from our literature.
...And we surrendered to a power higher than ourselves.