If its members go too far in expressing their true selves, they will not be accepted by the group.

The fellowships has helped millions to stop drinking,drugging, which is a vital step for everyone on the recovery path, but it inherently is limiting as a program and due to a level of dissociation that prevent its members from becoming fully recovered. The fellowships allows alcoholics/addicts a fellowship of peers, but it philosophy denies the full truth – and thus cannot provide fully express recovery over the long time. As such, if its members go too far in expressing their true selves, they will not be accepted by a group of their peers, who are intent on further dissociating behaviours.Staying stopped requires in-depth recovery without fear and continuing trauma.