If AA is no longer useful to a person, it may be time to leave.
We are all unique; and, 'recovery' is unique.
The 12 steps meant nothing to me. I am not powerless; to say that I am is an act of despair. No thank you.
I have no higher power that appears sentient. I have myself.
I did not need 'soul surgery'; I needed to end a bad habit of habitual drunkeness. Mission accomplished.
It came right in the end.