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This is the part that got my hackles up:

The implication being that those for whom AA doesn't work must have something wrong with them -- they must either be idiots (head up the ass) or narcissists (ego) or both.

Major kudos to the OP for sticking with the program and looking past the bits that rankle you (truly! I sometimes wish I could've done that). I preferred to go it on my own, which I think is an equally valid choice. No one--not an AA or SR member, not Bill W., not the Pope--has the right to put a value judgement on someone else's sobriety.


ETA: I feel obliged to note, I certainly don't think all AAers are the black-or-white, my-way-or-the-highway types. Each city's AA is different -- heck, each meeting is. But in my case, I seem to have found more than my share of the Big-Book-thumper types. If and when I move to another city, I'm sure I'll give it another go.