I have to agree with Bee-Dubya-ell more than with Stilly River Sage in the abstract, as far as the "Christian baggage" in AA. When I was new in AA I was told, thank God, "Don't sweat the God shit, all you need to know is there is one and you ain't it." (And if I had refused to believe even that, it would not have affected either their acceptance of me or my chances for recovery, IMO.) I was also told (very early) that GOD was an acronym for "Group Of Drunks", and also that GOD was an acronym for "Good Orderly Direction".

Heck, in the larger US cities you can probably even find "Atheists and Agnostics AA meetings" which may provide some helpful input, feedback, and fellowship.

Alcoholics who are Christians and alcoholics who are atheists and alcoholics who are "Other" all stay sober the same way, by abstaining from alcohol.

FWIW, Mary Garvey says avoid sugar, but what I've seen prove itself in AA is "if you're suffering an acute compulsion to drink, eat some honey or a Snickers bar." Odd as it sounds, the rationale behind the two contradictory bits of advice is almost identical. But I'll stick with the AA advice. (I went to an anti-sugar, Milam-based treatment center a couple years before I sobered up, and it didn't particularly help. But I think the blame if any should be on me, not the treatment folks.)

Haruo (though I go by Leland in anglophone AA)
last drink: 1984.09.01