<i>but you are also a weak human being for having succumbed to such disease in the first place.</i><p>That&#x27;s pretty much the antithesis of the AA philosophy, as well as the exact opposite of the &quot;alcoholism is a disease&quot; thinking. IOW, no one thinks you got cancer because you&#x27;re a &quot;weak human being&quot;. If there&#x27;s any &quot;ego death&quot; involved, it&#x27;s that you&#x27;re not going to solve this in your own.<p>Source: attended my share of AA meetings and even read the book.