“At that Moment, almost of their own accord, my legs gave way and I fell to my knees. In the privacy of my room I begged for help. I had no notion who I thought I was talking to, I just knew that I had come to the end of my tether, I had nothing left to fight with. Then I remembered what I had heard about surrender, something I thought I could never do, my pride just wouldn’t allow it, but I knew that on my own I wasn’t going to make it, so I asked for help, and, getting down on my knees, I surrendered.

Within a few days I realized that something had happened for me. An atheist would probably say it was just a change of attitude, and to a certain extent that’s true, but there was much more to it than that. I had found a place to turn to, a place I’d always known was there but never really wanted, or needed, to believe in. From that day until this I have never failed to pray in the morning, on my knees, asking for help, and at night, to express gratitude for my life and, most of all, for my sobriety…. If you are asking why I do all this, I will tell you, because it works, as simple as that.”

BTW the quote that David mentions is in the autobiography.

I read somewhere (forgotten where now) that, in the early days, some Christians approached him and asked if they could pray for him – he said something like, “why would I turn down an offer like that” and they did.

It doesn’t seem to have affected his life much, but in the end, you never know.