Hi Donna,
I've been attending AA for 7 years - I relapsed twice over the years and I currently have just over 2 years - but I'm still very much a newcomer in terms of what I have to learn.
The rolling of the eyes comment WAS juvenile, and I apologize. It was a feeble attempt to defuse a debate.
I don't neatly fit into any categories outlined in the Big Book either - I'm a middle of the road drunk - and that's just fine with me. The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking, and I have that. I went pretty far down the scale in that I very nearly succeeded in committing suicide, but on the 'outside' everything looked pretty good in my life.
I can learn a lot from these threads/discussions, and prefer to look at them that way. If I disagree on a certain point, so be it. The OP works a solid program IMO and has helped many alcoholics - I'm one of them - so, as we say in meetings, I take what I need ... and leave the rest.
Again, my apologies for my juvenile post earlier.