I met with a friend last week who ranted about her husband just finding new drinking buddies at AA and no sobriety. She blamed it on AA of course as it was not her H's fault. When this man had an affair, she was most mad that the woman was not attractive in her opinion. Again he somehow was excused from blame. It really is pretty fascinating to see this total jerk get all sorts of free passes on inexcusable behavior from his absolutely brilliant and beautiful wife (clearly CODIE!).
It is the addict's choice to change his/her response to the environment. For my H, he could buy beer at a multitude of places and down it before I ever pieced it together. He could lose his sobriety at Whole Foods faster than AA or CR, but really alcohol is saturated everywhere. He has to make a choice multiple times a day to stay on his sober path.