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Here is from the Alcoholics Anonymous World Services website:

“We who are in A.A. came because we finally gave up trying to control our drinking. We still hated to admit that we could never drink safely. Then we heard from other A.A. members that we were sick. (We thought so for years!) We found out that many people suffered from the same feelings of guilt and loneliness and hopelessness that we did. We found out that we had these feelings because we had the DISEASE of alcoholism.”

http://www.aa.org/lang/en/subpage.cfm?page=12

Anybody who says AA does not currently teach that Alcoholism is a disease is being disingenuous (lacking in frankness and candor).

It is true that Dr. Bob , an AA co-founder, called it a spiritual or moral malady. But that was then in 1935 and this is now. AA used to be a much better program than it currently is. Nowadays AA is accepting of things like homosexuality and even has a story of a Gay Activist in their newly revised 4th edition. I don’t denigrate the program, but I do tell the truth about it. And the truth is AA ain’t what it used to be. It has lost its way.

BTW, I kind of liked Dr. Bob and probably would have agreed with him on most things.

AA also sells Big Books for $5 I believe. AA makes a ton of money off its literature sales which I will not go into here. But here is a link which deals with the money aspect of AA world services.

http://alcoholicsanonymous.9f.com/spirituality.htm#It’s_All_About

My book is available at Smashwords for #2.99 which is less than the price AA sells it for.

In addition, I will give my book in pdf format to any alcoholic or drug addict that wants it and cannot afford it.

Just send me an email at adamsonted@gmail.com or contact me thru my website www.upfromdown.info

If you want to discuss it furhter, have at it. I love a good fight, especially when I know Im right.

A mention of the word "disease" here and there does not make it a pillar of the program. Every meeting I've ever been to has held true to the principles laid out in the Big Book. It is still very much a spiritual program.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking, so yes, members of any group you can name are welcome, and rightly so. AA is about helping people find a way of life that works, not mandating every part of it.

And the truth is AA ain’t what it used to be. It has lost its way. Since you were never really a part of it, you have no basis to judge.

You can feel right all you want. It's really not my concern.

BTW, congratulations for putting 35 years of sobriety together!