On Attending Meetings

MANY times, at an AA meeting, I have seen a person walk into the room and heard him say, "I NEED this meeting." Everyone in the room feels a response, is glad he is there and wonders what the person's problem could be. Time and again one hears the expression THIS IS A SELFISH PROGRAM. Each guy or gal is in it for his own precious sobriety. However, we have learned that sobriety, plain and simple, is not enough. After the first glow of wanting to hire a hall and tell this wonderful message to all the poor slobs still suffering, the words "contented sobriety" start worming their way into our consciousness. Then, we learn that there are certain aids for this contentment in sobriety and not the least of these is SERVICE.