OMG i read your post Rich and really related to it! Then the first few posts about how people are happy for you with some great advice, then, of course, the crap posts come in implying that AA is a cult, you will be conditioned to think this and that...oh man please please don't listen to that crap!!!!!! It kept me away from AA, these people that bash AA are just misery loving company...keep going back mate, it's only been a few weeks of AA for me but it has helped me so much and now i have great people like me to have coffees with and feel so less alone.
Great post!!!!