Sunshine 1995, I am also very sorry you had a horrible experience in AA. I really am not trying to invalidate your experience.

However your post in this thread and in previous threads I have perceived as attacking the organization of AA as a whole and all the people in it. People are bound to get defensive if you attack the whole organization when it has helped so many and so many love it. You have not really shared your direct experience but have just thrown accusations out there. I have never heard of a pedophile facing a charge of pedophilia being forced to go to AA. Or a sex offender being charged with a sex offence being forced to go to AA. If such people are facing alcohol or drug related charges then they may very well be forced to AA. In the twenty years I have had in AA I have witnessed what we call the 13th step many times but this is the same type of behavior of men flirting and hitting on women that happens all the time. Actually the definition of the 13th step is someone hitting on a women who is new in sobriety and very vulnerable. This is very much frowned upon in the culture but it does happen. In my twenty years I have never had any one tell me hey that guy is a pedophile or sexual predator. I am sure they are there and I am sure bad things happen. In my experience it is just not a huge problem. Most people in AA men and women will tell you that romantic relationships themselves are there biggest difficulty in sobriety.

Again I am sorry for your experience.