But as far as people with just a couple of years clean, people like me in the middle, not newcomers and not old-timers, not valuing old-timers, I just don't see it. I'll tell you, I see some two-decade people with too much ego to welcome me when I was new and others in my area.
Snobbishness keeps some apart. They might not accept our offers to go for coffee after a meeting, but someone with 7 years will go. So the ones with 7 years end up as our default leaders. Because they let us get to know them. So they get asked to speak because that is who we know. JMO
There is only one woman in my are with over 20 years clean who still goes to meetings. She lets it be known that she will not sponsor nor return calls from anyone with less then 10 years clean. You have to get one of her sponsees if you like what she has. This sets up an artificial hierarchy in the area.
KJ