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[jd]

Doesn't Wallace pretty much flat-out talk about how AA is replacing
one addiction with another, giving in to a higher being you don't
believe in, etc?  I could be mistaken, but I think he certainly, if
unintentionally, sheds light on the fact that these people are NOT
actually recovered: chain smoking, drinking endless cups of coffee,
self-deprecating to the point that the Self isn't important at all,
giving up rational thought for the guidance of an invisible higher
being... etc...