Where to start? I guess with the tile lol. AA is characterized as a “pseudo scientific religious organization”. Wrong on both counts. AA does not offer a solution based on empirical research, pseudo or otherwise. Nor is it based on religion. It is a spiritual program. The author does not even understand something this basic about the AA program. It was hard to continue to read the article after that seeing the title. I found so many errors that I don't have time to comment on them. I'll just comment on one that is easily verifiable. Marty Mann was not the first female in AA. It was Jane Sturdevant.
If the author cannot get the basic facts correct, how can you trust his analysis?