See that is the rub Erotica...aa is dishonest about the program...the reasons for this in 2009 is that money is involved...and I'm not talking about the buck in the basket. Even with many court rulings declaring aa religious the bait and switch continues and money pours in.
It's not like after the bb was published people said "hmmmm...the bb sounds religious." There is a whole chapter dedicated to it....and that was the 1930's...a far different time in our world.
It is funny I am not "secular" since I believe in God but the theology taught in the bb is diametrically opposed to my beliefs. When examined closely not many religions believe in a human malleable God.
Sobriety always has been and always will be up to the individual.