Originally Posted by
Supercrew 
Sorry, Alera locked the other thread, because I or someone else spoke about AA etc. But I think Alera might have misunderstood the reason why they didn't want references to AA and 12 step in the Secular connections is because they don't want someone from the AA method coming in and soliciting secular members of this community and creating debates over which recovery method works best. Just a guess.
No, I did not misunderstand the reason behind the rule. I went by the letter of the rule. I helped draft that rule in fact. It is in black and white because many people use the shades of gray to get into debates over which method of recovery was best.
As for contacting an admin or mod, Dee has it right. As rule 12 states:
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