Is AA too authoritative and rigid? A Newcomer asks!

Today we’re discussing the leaflet, ‘A newcomer asks’ - and how it's tone perhaps doesn't reflect the AA of today.
This British Pamphlet was brought to the USA by a member who passed it around.
In 1980, USA/Canada General Service adopted and adapted it, making it available in English, French, Spanish. The spirit of the pamphlet shows a tolerant and liberal approach to AA…an approach that some may argue has given way to a certain amount of authoritativeness and rigidity...
Find it it here : www.aa.org/sites/default/file...
or read it here:www.aa.org/newcomer-asks
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This leaflet is intended for people approaching Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) for the first time. In it we have tried to answer the questions most frequently in the minds of newcomers - the questions which were in our minds when we first approached the Fellowship.
Am I an alcoholic?
If you repeatedly drink more than you intend or want to, if you get into trouble, or if you have memory lapses when you drink, you may be an alcoholic. Only you can decide. No one in A.A. will tell you whether you are or are not.

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That isnt the experience of atheists in AA. Most are avoided except for a hello and goodbye.

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I dont find hearing the experience of a heroin addict gambling addict sex addict helpful when im hoping to hear from alcohol addicts experience. I just dont identify with their experiences.