You are amazing and strong.
You do not need ANY member of the group to be conservative for you to benefit from a program that you know works.
Find the other two or three conservatives and befriend them if it helps.
Lastly...I give way to much advice, lol !
I am very impressed with your story and wish you all the best! I hope others here who have gone through the amazing program will respond to you either in freep mail or here on the forum! God Bless ya zzeeman!
My advice. Stay true to yourself above all else or you will not be worth much to either yourself or others. ... You do not need ANY member of the group to be conservative for you to benefit from a program that you know works.
Believe me, I haven't taken any of this "lightly," i.e., without a lot of thought, prayer, and meditation. As I mentioned above, I had the experience of "coming back" after a trip out. One of the things that I focused on when I returned, was to make a sincere effort to be more "tolerant" of others in the rooms and outside of the rooms. (When I first got to AA, after about 1 year or so, I developed the bad habit getting up to go for a smoke or use the restroom when someone started "sharing" about something that I didn't want to hear (again). Then that led to leaving early, skipping that meeting, etc. All very good ideas if you want to resume drinking!)
I soon found that this practice really didn't require much of an effort after a short while (much like the effort to build and use a phone network) and I rather enjoyed the serenity of the "Live, and Let Live" approach. Believe me, even seeing all of the hats, tee-shirts, and pins in the meetings really didn't disturb me all that much when I was still asleep at the switch. However, once I woke up, that all changed for me. (If you look back at my brief posting history here at FR you can see how much I agonized through March!)
In short, I view these regime supporters as enemies of our Country. My conscience just doesn't allow me to "break bread" with an enemy. That may sound a bit "extreme" to some, but I view this as an extreme situation. I also feel that it would be very hypocritical on my part to participate in a group merely for my own benefit (helping to stay sober, one day at a time), if I really do have an honest, genuine camaraderie or shared interest with the group. All may not share that view, but for me I can't allow myself to be that duplicitous.