Originally Posted by
jimhere 
Wants out-
AA doesn't teach that stuff, treatment centers do.
The AA program is about freedom. I can anywhere I want, because I'm free.
Free from the alcoholic mind, free from fear of drinking, even free of the kind of stuff that you hear in AA. I'm free of AA.
Jim
Actually, that phrase is some of the mythology thrown around the FELLOWSHIP of AA that was brought in from treatment centers and eventually became part of the jargon.
Read Chapter 7 of the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Towards the end of the chapter, it directly addresses this subject . Then you'll see where I'm coming from.
I agree, in early recovery it is best to stay away from those situations, and to never drink NA beer at anytime in recovery. But I've recovered, so NA beer, or any form of alcoholic beverage doesn't tempt me. I don't think about drinking and I don't think about not drinking because the problem does not exist for me anymore.
Jim