Originally Posted by
soberlicious 
It's really less about what has failed him, and more about a system that really does need tweaking if people are to stop dying from addiction.
Your view is much more charitable than mine. Providing the framework for an alternate approach—that's Trimpey's great constructive act. That's what saves lives. The pick, pick, picking at AA seemed unnecessary to me, a petty distraction at best. I totally understand the desire to rally the courts and other institutions to recognize there are effective alternatives to 12-step programs. But AA itself is a membership organization; if someone doesn't like fundamental components of AA, they shouldn't join AA. Problem solved!
