It's totally not that black and white like steppers want u to believe. If ur in trouble with the law stay clean. Eventually if u want u can look into moderation. And I asked DocJon and he said I could talk about moderation on here. It's not either u do AA or jails institutions and death. AA is a very scary place today. Look it up. If ur young and pretty I wouldn't recommend it. Look up alternatives to AA if you do CHOOSE to go the abstinent route.