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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]ismnotwasm
(42,674 posts)Its not set up that way, although people can certainly set up their groups that way. There is no AA boss, no religious leader, and more people question the existence of God than not. Its a bloody anarchy.
I sobered up at what is called a first step hall. Full of wet brains, active drunks, mentally disabled drug dealers, drug addicts, criminals, motorcycle enthusiasts, see workers. Women who lost their kids. Men who beat the shit out of their wives. All arguing with each other. I loved the chaos, coming from the street as I did. My personal vocabulary had the word motherfucker in it at least every paragraph, if not every sentence. All trying to get some recovery from a society who thought we were shit and not worth saving.
What I did not experience is anybody shoving religion or god down my throat and I would have told them to fuck of if they tried.
So we have two anecdotal takes here that proves exactly nothing.