You have to be vigilant aeo....A guy in AA...28 years...told me that you go out of AA just like you came in....You start with meetings...Using a sponsor....Working the steps....Doing service work.......Then you start slacking on the service work....Slacking on the maintenence steps...Less prayer and meditation....Then you stop talking to your sponsor or other alcoholics...Pretty soon you've cut down to barely a meeting a week...And you're gone. I always think about that...It keeps me on my toes.