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 When people come into recovery programs such as AA they hear a lot about drinking too much.  They already know that they drink too much.  That is why they are in the meeting in the first place.  They cannot stop drinking.  What they do not know when they come into the meetings is that their whole life has become unmanageable.  Turns out this is the second part of the first of twelves recovery steps.  Sometimes our perceived problem is only a tip of the iceberg of our difficulties.  This is why we have to get the advice of others who are more advanced.