People in the program that take what they need at the time they are in the program, Is depending on where they are in the program. The point of your understanding is determined by the time you are in. They way you understand something changes as you grow in the program. IE the point you are at today is not where you are going to be in a few days and even moreso in the coming years. My understanding of the program when I came in I had a level of what I understood I write in my big book I started when I first started I wrote down in the margins my undersatnding and every 5 years i get a new big book so I can write into it. I am also able to see my groth in the program and how I deal with things. after all AA is a program of change.