Is the AA Program a Selfish One?

IS THE AA Program a selfish one, as we sometimes hear said? Is it not more accurately a Program of Self? Will it not tend to confuse the newcomer, sober at last but still unable to add much higher than two and two, to hear that his sponsor and the other men and women who are helping him are selfish people? How can they be selfish, when by extending the hand of welcome and friendship they have perhaps literally saved the newcomer's life? And those courageous men and women who find AA unsponsored?-- are we to selfishly disregard them?