That and "It works if you work it." (The Steps) When I first joined AA over 10 years ago, we rarely heard about drugs. I remember one time when I was at a meeting, talking to someone just outside the door, when a long timer (30+ years) I knew came rushing out of the room and didn't answer me when I asked him was going on. It turns out that the poor girl who was leading the meeting mentioned that drugs were a part of her story.
These days, it's completely different. I still go to AA meetings since drugs aren't a part of my story, but now it's more common than not to hear drugs mentioned by people who lead the meeting or share. Some say that they're an alcoholic and an addict, some even just say they're addicts, though many say that they started out using alcohol.
We have both NA and HA (heroin) meetings around here, but AA is still the most prevalent. And having gone to other types of meetings, most use the AA Big Book. A friend of mine said recently that "a drug is a drug is a drug" and I happen to agree. Anything that helps is just fine with me, but the key, like you said, is to "keep coming back!" 
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