An Adolescent Client of Yours Has Attended Several AA Meetings

Multiple Choice

An adolescent client of yours has attended several AA meetings. He understands its principles. However, he is having trouble surrendering to a higher power because he was raised in an atheistic, humanist tradition. How do you respond?

A) You tell him he needs to accept that surrender to a higher power is synonymous with surrendering to God.
B) You indicate that many atheists have been helped by AA and so surrendering to a higher power should not be a problem for him.
C) You say he does not need to surrender to God but needs to place an emphasis on creating a spiritual defense against his alcohol use.
D) You reply that the surrender steps are not as important as the integrity and serenity steps.