Originally Posted by tomsteve

im not religious either but have been sober 11+ years through aa.
AA really isnt a religious program, just spiritual.
it would be hard to call it religious when i sit at a meeting with a catholic, buddhist,jew, muslim, athiest, christian...the list goes on.

i think many of us have that anxiety, which i found tbrough working tbe program to be fear- low self esteem and thought people viewed me like i viewed myself- hopeless,helpless, useless, and worthless.
that was a misconception- both about how i and others viewed me.