The 1 year advice is advice. You can take it since no one else is using it!
The main warning encoded in this advice likely has to do with alienating yourself from a meeting and fellowship you really need for your sobriety. If you stop going toyour homegroup because the other person goes to the same meeting and knows the same people, this would not serve your primary purpose.
The other side of it is that the other party may not be entirely together themselves and a relationship that doesn't work out can be stressful generally. Amicable breakups are the exception.
If something doesn't work out, and you stop going to your meetings, and stressing out/losing ground, then the advice would seem sound. Take it slow, perhaps keep it to simply dating, and enjoy a longer courtship than one's loins may be pushing for!