"Miflaw-do you not have a better command of the English language than to have to resort to foul language?" Thank you for your concern, I have an excellent command of English. And part of that language is what you so tweely call "the F word". I do not "have to resort" to it - I choose to use it for its accepted purpose, i.e. to underline strength of feeling.
So, thanks very much, but I will use it when I like, where I like, and as often as I like. And, should I ever feel the need for guidance on the use of English, be it in terms of vocabulary, register, tone or grammar, I will not be troubling you for it, so you may now stand down.
As to me "taking over a mentoring role all over Mumsnet" - well, I offer advice where it is wanted and on subjects where I have direct personal experience. Match that if you can. Certainly, I do not tell people in advance what "we" will be discussing in the future.
On to the matters that are actually relevant to the thread. I am not actually sure what "Wouldnt telling people stop taking meds AGAINST the belief system(at least on paper) of corporate AA go against the traditions?" means as it is a bit unclear (perhaps you need to address your own command of the English language?)
But perhaps this will help. The Traditions (which you may read for free on AA websites and which are in the second half of 12 Steps and 12 Traditions) are largely about how we conduct ourselves as an organisation and are based on experience. It is not our way to tell anyone what they can or can't do, and in any case to do so would require maintaining a list of sponsors etc, which would not fit either with anonymity or the roots-level organisation of AA. So it follows that we cannot punish people, throw people out (they might be saying silly things because they are sick individuals, and help sick individuals is what we try to do) or otherwise tell them what to do. Inidividuals in all walks of life say silly, nasty, even evil or harmful things and are often protected by "the law" when doing so - what we need instead to control is whether the body in which they do so does anything at all to address that.
In AA, we trust the common sense of the Group to rein in the extremists - and, based on my experience, in 99% of cases, this works (I have yet to hear ANYTHING about your experience - forthcoming, presumably?) When it doesn't work, it is normally effectively dealt with by applying common sense and judgement. Bear in mind that the members of AA, to get to AA alive, have shown the ability to apply at least SOME common sense and judgement even when pissed to the wide, so it is perfectly reasonable to assume that this capacity does not leave them when they put down the drink and dry out.