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AA typically means "functional" also just as generically being able to show up at a job and be normal. The biggest thing about AA is that you come in and identify as "an alcoholic", if you don't do that it's mostly just going to feel incredibly pointless. I joined GA a little bit when i had a gambling problem in my early 20's.

There's been a lot of journalistic work that shows that the AA approach only works in the long term for about 10% of its members, for the rest all the moralistic talk about alcohol and addiction just makes them want to drink again.