I tried to be as thorough as I can, but there is a responsibility that we all have, especially with something like AA which is dependant on anonymity. Once you start banging on about it the whole time, you are potentially damaging the whole concept of it.
Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.
The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.