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REZ · 04-13-2009, 04:23 PM

I go to AA and NA. I've been sponsoring a fellow who only goes to AA but he also had a drug problem. He hasn't been going to NA. He has been without alcohol for about 8 months and has been going to meetings and working steps. The other night, he used some nitrous oxide, but he didn't drink. He doesn't feel like he had a relapse. I told him he needs to go back to step one and should pick up a white chip. He says he doesn't want to pick up a white chip, because he didn't drink. I know that AA has a singleness of purpose and focuses on only alcohol, I don't think you're working an honest and diligent program in AA if you don't deal with your use of other drugs. Thoughts?

04-13-2009, 04:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
REZ Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 2,274	Sober but not clean I go to AA and NA. I've been sponsoring a fellow who only goes to AA but he also had a drug problem. He hasn't been going to NA. He has been without alcohol for about 8 months and has been going to meetings and working steps. The other night, he used some nitrous oxide, but he didn't drink. He doesn't feel like he had a relapse. I told him he needs to go back to step one and should pick up a white chip. He says he doesn't want to pick up a white chip, because he didn't drink. I know that AA has a singleness of purpose and focuses on only alcohol, I don't think you're working an honest and diligent program in AA if you don't deal with your use of other drugs. Thoughts?