the White Flag old-timers
Said galoots also known, in the old founder’s AA circle, Enfield MA’s White Flag Group, as ‘The Crocodiles.’
Context
The theme's home Group and its elders named in one line: Enfield's White Flag Group, the founder's circle, whose long-sober old-timers go by "The Crocodiles" — the ancient, leathery survivors whose mere persistence is the doctrine's living proof. The nickname is the glossary-entry for the sober authority the newcomers sit under.