Quote Originally Posted by Half/Dreaming View Post
It works for people who want it to work. Any doubt in the 12 steps causes failure to rehabilitate. That is why AA is so fanatical about the 12 steps.
That's why they stress that you have to "work the steps". It's an active process; you get out of it what you put in to it. But, done right, you can end up getting much more out of it.

"The steps work if you work the steps."