I've certainly run across the notion that those who aren't in AA have lower quality recovery. That's the whole "Dry Drunk" thing.
The real question is whether or not to ACCEPT this view, which I do not and which, increasingly, the world at large does not...because, I think, in part at least, because of people like us who openly challenge the idea. Yes, sometimes we get shut down, but the tide is turning. I really believe that.