AA won't always be as all encompassing as it is at the beginning. People in early recovery are fearful and many cling to AA as much as they did the booze.
My RAH is in his 4th year of recovery and at first I was resentful of how much time he spent at AA. I saw him way less than when he was drinking and I guess a part of me felt replaced. I would say it was probably 9 months or so in when he cut back from the daily meetings and we started to reconnect.