Getting it or not getting it in AA. Is there really such a thing as "getting it" in AA?

My experience is that there is no "getting it" or "not getting it" There are people who either do the program or not do the program. (here are the steps we took which are suggested as a program of recovery) There are alcoholics who thoroughly follow our path (do the steps and recover) and there are alcoholics that only come to meetings and do not apply the program (12 steps). "Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path" I have never seen an alcoholic who thoroughly does all the 12 steps and continues practising the steps fail to recover.