Interesting responses. What I've found is that playing Chris R. for someone not very engaged in the solution elicits a defensive and offended response. But listening to Chris R. in a car full of book thumpers is really fun. The same kind of fun that standing with a bunch of thumpers putting down mainstream AA is.
Not sure that's the kind of fun I need, holding myself out as separate, different, or better, than those 'middle of the road' folks.
The AA program is what it is. Here is the book, here are the directions. If you want the results, follow the directions. I will not argue that issue and it's not up for debate in my view. But for me personally, I have to be mindful of allowing somebody else the dignity of discovering the truth contained in that book.
In no way am I implying that if you aren't a Chris R. fan, then you must not be 'in the solution.'