Carrying the Message

I have heard it expressed that in AA when we travel we're always going to meet friends we've never met yet. In the short years I have been in AA I have had occasion to travel to and attend meetings in the following areas: Baltimore, Washington, D. C., Alexandria, Philadelphia, and the Tidewater area of Va. (Norfolk, Portsmouth, etc.) and [have found that statement so true in every place I have visited. There are no strangers in AA, just friends we haven't met yet. I know of no organization outside of AA where that statement can be made.