Drop the Rock–the Ripple Effect – Quote 15

The remaining Steps make no mention of the substance itself, because on this pathway to recovery the substance is but a symptom; the addiction is a sickness of not only the body but the mind and spirit as well. And the solution is a new way of life provided by working these remaining Steps. Abstinence is a necessary goal, for sure, but recovery is much more than abstinence—it demands wholesale transformation.