"Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).

In the mid-1920s there was a successful, young, stockbroker who made it big on Wall Street. Really big! He had it all, materially speaking; money, country club membership, wealthy friends. He also drank. A lot! When the crash hit in 1929 and lasted for several years, he lost everything ... except his bottle of gin. His wife had to go to work only to come home day after day exhausted to find her husband drunk on the couch again.

He tried many times to stop drinking but couldn't until, with the help of a friend who had himself overcome the bottle with strong spiritual guidance, this young stockbroker, Bill W., began a process known today as the 12-step approach. Today, millions have found sobriety through this organi…