The OP touched on something that occasionally tugs on my resentment strings...I think I understand his gripe actually. What I see too often is the heavy drinker (sometimes even the not so heavy drinker who just happened to mess something up) coming to AA, working the steps, speaking at all the meetings, and sponsoring like 15 people. The problem is, they arent alcoholics, which is probably why they are doing so "well" with the program. They simply dont have the same difficulties somebody with a really nasty and lengthy career drinking does. They will identify with the definitions of alcoholism in the big book in what is probably just an unconscious desire to belong. Then they end up sponsoring a real alcoholic and all hell ensues. Maybe the alcoholic relapses and develops a bad resentment against AA.
I guess I'm just venting as well LOL. I'm not going to leave the site tho...yall arent that lucky!