"If you're not working on your recovery, you're working on your relapse" is another favorite mantra that hard-core 12-steppers love to regurgitate. There are old-school members that believe the big book was divinely inspired and there are people that use the program to help them get sober and then they move on with life. Congratulations for not getting sucked into the cult mentality!! It's a big world outside of those rooms.