Originally Posted by
tomsteve 
ok, AA is a religion because the courts say so.
is it more important to help the next sick and suffering alcoholic or debate if AA is a religious organization?
Good point Tomsteve. The original thread was to draw out personal experience as to whether those attending meetings found a religious aspect and if they did, what sort of problems might have come from it.
I stayed away from AA with the excuse that it was about god, but really that was a red herring in my case. Having read these posts, I could conclude that the majority have not found religion to be pushed on them, nor have they found anything too conflicting with their personal beliefs, to the extent that it might block them from recovery. It would be harder for me to use religion as an excuse if I accepted this experience.