What is the alcoholics anonymous meeting situation?

Answer 1

New members of Alcoholics Anonymous are expected to attend 90 meetings in their first 90 days of membership. They are expected to publicly self-define themselves to be alcoholic, to abstain from alcohol, to believe that Alcoholism is a disease that has no cure, to accept the theory of loss of control, and to accept dependence on God or other Higher Power. The latter is why courts in the U.S. have consistently held that AA is either a religious organization or is engaged in religious activities and why no agent of the state can legally force anyone to attend AA meetings.