Originally Posted by
Gottalife 
You know when they read out chapter five? You must have heard it a thousand times. Did you actually do that stuff?
AA has never actually done anything for me. It didn't fix any of my problems or pay any of my bills. It did give me opportunities for service to others, and it showed me how to have a spritual experience through the steps, but it didn't do it for me.
It is possible you are a victim of those who think all you need to do is don't drink and go to meetings, and you now know what happens to alcoholics of your type who follow that approach. AA is much more than meetings. It's a matter of finding someone in the fellowship who knows that and is willing to take you through the steps. That is the most reliable path to recovery I know of.
Thank you for your condescending post. FYI I tried to be a hardcore AAer after leaving treatment. I read the Big Book and worked my step guide religiously. I also had an overbearing sponsor who constantly lectured and berated me. No one ever reached out to me, even after showing up at a meeting in the throes of detox and publicly begged for a sponsor. I was also mocked and crosstalked during my sharing. I was told multiple times I was never going to get sober. It is for these reasons I brook no criticism that AA failed me because of my own shortcomings. It is a terrible organization in my experience. I am sober now no thanks to AA and hardcore 12 steppers need to accept there is more than one way to skin a cat and quit Big Book beating.