An Adolescent Client of Yours Has Attended Several AA Meetings

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.