One of my favorite AA speakers is Anthony Hopkins. I like how he holds AA in one hand and his life in the other. He probably doesn't think about AA all the time. Easier said than done if you don't have a life.
If you're a type b person and view alcoholism as the conversation starter, or the tip of the ice berg, you'll probably be disappointed when speaking with type a AAs, who view the 12 steps as strictly alcohol related, and alcoholism nothing to do with childhood experience, or broader, civilizational, cultural experience. It goes without saying that for the bangers, AA is received as completely unrelated to Buddhism or the Buddhistic vein of Christianity or the higher awareness new age moments of Bill Wilson which are part and parcel.
The displays of self flaggelation, the ones 'keeping it simple' by ignoring the details, thereby, 'keeping it complex' are useful warnings of what might happen when you decide to put yourself at the center of the universe and avoid knowledge like a plague.