Mo, everything you shared makes sense to me. I have found a great deal of resistance and judgement from AA people for whom living the steps, according to them, fixed everything in their lives, and assume that they should also fix everything in mine.
I may never know if they are right or not. I have thought that I'd given my mental illness over to my HP, but the issues haven't lifted...maybe my HP doesn't want my mental illness either (joke, sorry)
I think that dual diagnosis options sound awesome, I have not yet gone that route. There are no meetings in my area, so I need to look at some online options.
My NA sponsor is very good about this, he's been around a long time and when my mental illness episodes become acute, he tells me to let it ride, and focus on that, because for me, that is living life on life's terms. He's not dual diagnosis himself, but he's sponsored enough of us to understand.
Personally, I have found less static from people in NA regarding this issue. I am only speaking from my own limited personal experience. I believe this stems from the use of the Basic Text rather than the Big Book, which puts things in different language and terms.
BB thumpers, not unlike many Bible thumpers seem to tend towards THIS is the answer to everything, saying "HP will save me"...and failing to see that maybe HP is saving ME the way God saved Noah and the animals from the flood, by providing a man made option to ride out the storm, in my case therapy and meds.
HP doesn't always have to work magic, HP can work through medicine, fellowship etc as well.
My HP has provided psych wards, friends, psych meds, suicide prevention hotlines and Sunshine.