You should not worry about offending anyone...this is a place to talk about recovery issues--including the 12 steps. I personally don't do AA or the 12 steps, but I think they are a good thing for a lot of people. My boyfriend and I are both in recovery. He does the 12 steps and AA. I do my own program. We get along fine--we don't try to force each others views or anything. The way I see it, we may have different apporaches, but we are both right because we are both happy and sober!