Thanks for posting "The Orange Papers." It's interesting reading & points out many of the problems with AA. As I've written before on these boards, stats suggest that only about 5% of AAs maintain continuous sobriety without relapse...So AA obviously isn't the only way (As DePressMe's experience proves).

I certainly don't do much reading from The Big Book or other AA literature since I find them pretty dogmatic & dated. I do, however, follow the phrase (which may seem trite), "Take what you need & leave the rest." Again, there are all different kinds of folks in AA. Choose who you listen to carefully.