Perhaps they have a 12-step program for being an AA addict? :)
“Hello, my name is Bob, and I have been going to AA.”
We had one of these at work, and the employee’s involvement in it was very disruptive. We had an out-of-town company-wide retreat, and this employee insisted that he/she had to find an AA meeting in the area, even demanded that transportation be provided by the company. Needless to say, he/she did miss several mandatory meet ups. It eventually was a career ender at our company.
I think they have one, it's the 12 steps on how to be annoying, announcing yourself some kind of martyr to alcohol, and otherwise making everyone around them uncomfortable every time you go out anywhere with them when they make a huge point of ordering a soda instead of beer. No one cares what these people consume, but good grief do we all have to hear about it? If you're not gonna drink some wine or whatever, just don't order it and shut the hell up.
We had one of these at work, and the employee’s involvement in it was very disruptive. We had an out-of-town company-wide retreat, and this employee insisted that he/she had to find an AA meeting in the area, even demanded that transportation be provided by the company. Needless to say, he/she did miss several mandatory meet ups. It eventually was a career ender at our company
The sad thing that I have observed is that many/most of the people I know who joined AA and groups like it are not having problems in life because of booze or drugs, they are having problems because they are irresponsible, lazy, spiteful, envious, regretful of life choices, etc. Alcohol was how they dealt with their own failures. Take away the alcohol and the underlying issues not only still exist, they often become more pronounced.
As in my previous example of the girl who joined AA (which very much felt like a cult when she'd ramble on about it) and continued losing jobs and otherwise being a human disaster area. Quitting booze did nothing for her except to fool her into thinking that was her problem. It allowed her to blame booze for all the real issues she needed to change about her life. The whole thing was a total failure, and I am happy to say she is drinking again on a casual basis and is trying to be a more stable person by correcting some of the other glaring flaws that were holding her back. She's doing better.
This is not to say there aren't real addicts out there who need help from group therapy, it's just that most aren't truly addicted - they are simply irresponsible. AA won't fix that.