Ciderguy: I'm not a big fan of anything that refutes agency either. I hate AA for that. I was an alcoholic for a year and a half that cured myself buy not totally abstaining, but cutting back to a few times a year and making sure I don't binge, because I knew I had total control of my alcoholism. Of course, that's something AA proponents have told me they don't approve of.
If it is indeed like that, I won't even bother purchasing my own book, but I'm going to at least give the worksheets a shot. I do like self-reflection and reading, so it sounds, other than what you just said, like it's right up my alley.
Thank you for the insight into the negative side of this, and I will definitely pay attention to the material to see if it does do what those stupid "12-step give yourself to a higher power programs" do.