If people really want to get drunk, there is, so far as I know, no way of stopping this—so leave them alone and let them get drunk. But don’t exclude them from the water pail, either. ~ AA World Services Inc. As Bill Sees It. A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

I never before considered A.A.
or O.A. either as a water pail.
but it is, in the sense of being available,
a lifeboat when a relapsing 12-Stepper
comes back home. A better choice,
a saner solution than their compulsion offers.
So we do 12th Step work by keeping
the home-place ready, by
setting out the welcome mat.