The philosophy behind The Twelve Steps

I don't understand the reasoning behind starting a program of self correction which begins with the admission that you are unable to achieve self correction.By starting from the view point of - I am broken and only someone else can fix me, you've already given up the entire game.A lot of the steps go one to put the power outside of the individuals hands.If we are "asking" for God to fix this problem and the problem doesn't get fixed, it's God's fault that we are still alcoholics.Pretty weak sauce if you ask me

Not having been a member or known a member, is there a profit scheme here?Do people pay to be members? Do they ask for donations? Do the founders sell books?Or is this just a created culture overwhich I extend some power sort of thing