What he supposedly hears in AA meetings, and what he
tells you is said in those meetings are likely to be polar opposites.
That jargon that relapse is a part of recovery is crap that came out of some less than stellar rehabs.
When I drank again, relapsed if you will, after 4 years of recovery, I can assure you that relapse was a part of my active disease, not my recovery.
My sponsor will celebrate 30 years of continuous sobriety/recovery, and has had no relapses. He is a firm believer that to drink is to die.
Be true to yourself. Do what you need to do for your own recovery and sanity!
