It was written by a founder of AA, Bill W, but the stories come from individuals who have been helped over the years by the program. You don't have to be an alcoholic to benefit from the wisdom of the program. As I said, any irresistible urge to do something you can't resist (sex/porn, shopping, yelling/raging, eating, smoking, dating compulsively, cleaning, enforcing rules, working, you name it) this book can be applied to. When we do something compulsively, it is coming from some kind of fear, which is a sign of an absence of faith. The book is mystical if you ask me, considering it and the program have allowed the worst of the worst cases to recover when no other program on earth offered them any hope.

PS, your post was very inspiring