Hey Pixy..thank you so much for posting your experience. If it's shame/embarrassment stopping you from returning to AA..well, I don't think there is likely anyone better than AA (and other recovering alkies) to understand the power of that lying SOB addiction and how it can claim us anytime anywhere in the blink of an eye.
Hearing your experience is beneficial to me...just as it would be to all those familiar ears in your AA group. NOBODY is gonna cluck their tongues and tsk tsk ya...(and if they do, man do they got a drunk coming of their very own..; )