What's my "higher power"? Science!

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16. A challenge to the powerless/higher power model

We end up in recovery rooms beaten and bruised, we feel powerless, our unmanageable lives look like those of a person who is powerless. Its not hard for any person to be convinced of the Powerlessness, But are we really powerless or just lacking the ability, the knowledge, and the informed choice to stop our addiction? The only reason so much fuss is made about a HP in recovery is that step 1, if such a Powerless position is as absolute as the step tells us then Higher Power is the only solution. So for the free thinking atheist who values skepticism and critical thinking like myself, the challenge is towards the fallacious "powerless position" in Step 1.
I am not saying Will power is the answer, perhaps the word POWER should be removed from the discussion. Seeing the arguments mainly from the sinful flawed human presented in christianity its not hard to see what the 12 steps are modeled on. Its like the indoctrination of children, your powerlessness is presented to you as an absolute, you genuinely feel flawed, fearful and hopeless, this coupled with "nice feelings" and presented as spiritual experiences become a very seductive mix, if you look at any cult throughout the world the same pattern exists. When you are presented with a challenge to your position (perhaps like this post is doing to some) you dig in and start to defend, self justification and one liners keep you in delusion, But the evidence is most people return to their addiction and all that is ever said "you did not surrender or accept step 1" and the process you were indoctrinated to is never questioned "its a sacred cow".