Being serious for a moment if Dan is genuinely in recovery then I wish him nothing but success, but he shouldn't be running a business taking people's money while he's trying to get his own ducks in a row. Starting a 12 step program at step 4, then never mentioning again is not rational.
It seems to me that at a time he was claiming to be sober, so able to help other addicts, he's now saying he had actually relapsed. So just by looking at his own posts he's clearly mislead people somewhere.
The cynical side of my brain wonders if this narrative is just setup for when 80/20 crumbles, so it's the fault of the members not supporting him.