When he turned 50 - with 10 years of sobriety - the author became curious as to why he had succeeded in staying sober when so many others had failed. He was convinced that the program of Alcoholics Anonymous worked, and yet he recalled having broken more rules than he had followed. He got back into the book and studied it. He came to the conclusion that his success was due to which rules he had followed; he had followed the suggestions that were made...