I really enjoy this thread and topic. You are absolutely correct about AA. There's a great deal of focus on removing ego and even in his later years the one of the two fellows who founded AA spent decades trying to remove and or rid himself of ego. That any ego that remains represents a risk to relapse.

Sounds like you have come a long way and seen many miracles happen in your life as a results of getting clean. Nicely done. There is a risk of relapse using intoxicants that were not necessarily your drug of choice, most experts would say. You seem to have a good handle on acknowledging and accepting that risk.

For me, in my personal set of choices, I am not willing to take this risk.

Thanks again for the thread,

moogs