Good example of the irrationality. That statement is inherently non-disprovable, but orthodox AA member treat it as Holy Writ. The truth or falsity of the statement is irrelevant to its provability.
You sir don’t know what you are talking about and I say that based on extensive personal experience.
I am an alcoholic and I went into a 30 day program when I was twenty nine. I came out of treatment and never touched a drink for 18 years.I lived a wonderful sober life with my wife of 26 years and two beautiful twin boys (which were conceived shortly after I sobered up)
Four years ago I developed some coronary heart blockage issues and began a regimen of every healthy lifestyle change in the books to do to minimize the disease.
One of these was (2) 4 oz glasses of wine per day. I was convinced that after 18 years of sobriety I COULD control my behavior. I made a personaly committment to adhere to this rigidly. I was dead wrong. It worked for about two weeks. Within4 months I was drinking 1 1/2 bottles of wine a day and 6 months after that switched to Vodka (my old booze of choice).
After 2 years I had just about managed to lose my family, my business and my health was failing badly. I knew I was killing myself but at that point i was beyond caring.
Then a moment of clarity. With the help of a wonderful parish priest my Higher Power and some good old fashioned willpower. I managed to stop for a week and dry out. (it was horrible. I didn’t have the option for treatment this time because my business could not have survived me being away for 30 days.
I began going to AA again, working the steps and Thank God, have been sober now for going on 3 years.
My story is not atypical. I have seen many alcoholics over the years do exactly what I did and many of them did not straighten out. Lives destroyed or dead they thought too that they could control alcohol. It’s an arrogance that no alcoholic can survive.
I know I can never drink again and survive for I don’t believe I have another “sober struggle” left in me.
AA is not the Holy Grail of sobiety but it does work for a lot of people, some , not so much. But one thing is absolutely irrefutable and anyone who says different is either ignorant or has ulterior motives.... “if you are a true alcoholic you ABSOLUTELY CANNOT ever return to controlled drinking.....EVER.”