Well, most Catholic churches serve wine at communion and Protestant churches usually serve grape juice.6 of the 12 Steps in the 12 step program
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
So you are a recovering alcoholic and the 12 step program tells u to get closer to God. You go to church and the Preacher/Priest out of no where says:
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"Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you.
This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
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Jesus is telling you that salvation is in his blood and you're sitting in the pew like:
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Jesus' troll game is classic![]()
As a Catholic, you can obstain from taking the wine. Even children do and just take the bread wafer.