Answers to link question
I removed the thread complaining about the links at the top of the forum, but wanted to clear up any misunderstanding about their purpose. The owners of SoberRecovery requested forums for step study for those who wanted to use them. I told the owners we already had those forums, but they were difficult to find because they were hidden sub forums. If we listed all the steps for NA and AA as regular forums it would take up a huge amount of room on the main forum index page so we tucked them away.
I also informed the owners that I really disliked those huge smilie faces that used to be up there. They solved both problems by putting up the new images with links to the step forums and links to chat meetings, which are both 12 step and non 12 step meetings.
I hope that explains any questions you may have.