You can discuss methodology in the alcoholism or substance abuse forums or in What is Recovery forum.
If it's a recent thread where I directed them. you're misremembering
The secular forum is for the discussion of secular methods. The 12 step secular forum is for the discussion of AA from a secular standpoint.
We set things up that way s that people can discuss their way off recovery without threads being closed etc.
Noones getting gagged
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