It is not the matter of giving that is in question, but when and how to give. That often makes the difference between failure and success. The minute we put our work on a service plane, the alcoholic commences to rely upon our assistance rather than upon God. He clamors for this or that, claiming he cannot master alcohol until his material needs are cared for. Nonsense. Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job - wife or no wife - we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.
Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. (AA, pg 98)
AA undermines this dependence on "God" with Twelve Steps, which were originated by men.
From the moment that men and women enter the rooms of AA, they are taught to be dependent on other people.
Most members are encouraged to make the meetings "Their Higher Power". Therefore, they are depending on other people.
Newcomers have to get a sponsor, and this person tells the person what to do, what to read, how many times to take their inventory, and all the rest.
More dependence on men, and certainly not on God.
Furthermore, the meetings invite people to make just about anything a "Higher Power", whether it's "The Ocean" or "My Little Pony" or the sun, the moon, the stars.
How am I supposed to put my trust in something that is always changing, with which I cannot have a relationship?
We are called not to trust ourselves, or to put our trust in little gods of our own making, but to trust in the LORD, which we receive through His Son Jesus Christ:
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