Early on I was told to look at the similarities and not the differences in the group. Mostly the only similarity we shared was that we all drank too much. I felt that the objective was to meld us all into one unified brain. Individual thought and reasoning seemed unwelcome and threatening to the collective. I thrive on learning different things and new perspectives. (Also over analyzing the crap out of everything) So this lifestyle or type of "recovery" was not for me.
I see myself as a human being with human faults an attributes. This is why I refuse to label myself or anyone else for that matters. Sure we all fell victim to our own compulsive tendencies but we are all responsible for how we react to regain our own dignity.