Losing the Desire to Drink

WHEN I ASKED my sponsor how I could get a desire to stop drinking, I was told simply, "You already have a desire to stop drinking, or you wouldn't have asked!" He went on to say, "Getting a desire to stop drinking isn't important now. What is important is losing the desire to drink. As long as you have the desire to drink, no matter how strong the desire not to drink is, you may eventually drink again. If you want what the program of AA has to offer and if you want to lose the desire to drink, then you must work the Twelve Steps program of AA."