Splendid, but why in the f*cking christ are you capitalizing "Felon?"
Maybe just to emphasize that psychopaths and sociopaths are elevated among the groups controlling the program, from physicians advising the Federal Government to peer monitors. No matter how egregious the crimes, they adapt well to a culture where they can wield influence. There is a sickening feeling that they are enjoying your suffering. In many cases, the individuals, who become subjected to this torment, did not break a law, get a DUI, get caught ordering kiddie porn, show up to work drunk, cross dressing in a crack house etc., and simply made the mistake of asking for help with maladaptive coping. There is a discernible sense of 'schadenfreude' among them. They are in charge. Sociopaths and psychopaths enjoy watching others suffer. Alcoholics Anonymous is a wicked cult that robs an individual of any identity, struggling ego, or self efficacy, through the repetitive use of shaming slogans, ego smashing, ridicule, contempt and humiliation ritual. This has no business in government, medicine, or my employment. Twelve step facilitation is ineffective. There is no objective research to indicate its helpful. Studies that purport its legitimacy are logically fallacious, methodologically flawed, use false endpoints, and you never hear from the 95% percent of people that it does not help. A new person to the program is encouraged by sponsor members to drink, inducing a bottom, shame, and compliance with the cult. The vast majority of people branded with this negative identity are not alcoholics. They can hang it up and would gladly be monitored for a chance at being re-introduced to their careers, but any dissent with twelve step facilitation is assigned the made up cult pathology of denial, delusion, intellectual pride, free will run riot, the pejorative dry drunk, and relapse without use. Its really quite a sickening double bind that often induces continued binge drinking, depression and, in some cases, suicide.
Disease Concept = Profit and Fraud. The root cause of the abnormal drinking is never addressed. A favoring of special interest and pseudo psycho-pharmacology and junk science, disrespecting the experience of the individual, while simultaneously providing an expedient excuse for people who have done abhorrent things to deflect and disassociate from accountability, thus providing the perfect milieu for sociopaths to flourish. Two hatters in treatment, the FAA, medical boards, and respective EAP programs have ideological and financial interests in forcing this ineffective modality on good people, do not disclose their affiliation with AA, and have ideological and financial interest in coercion to AA and the political abuse of psychiatry. Forcing, under the duress of AA noncompliance reports to the FAA and HIMS company monitors, the victimized pilot and reducing them to the role of groveling sycophant, at the expense of their identity. This is abuse that exacerbates recovery and enjoyment of life.