The Six S's

UNQUESTIONABLY, I needed AA. Those wonderfully simple truths from the Big Book and the emotional support of friends around the tables were for me. However, this was strange ground--not just a matter of getting my life back on the track, but of finding specific rewards and purposes to give it meaning again. I had seen others fail because they chose the wrong subject for research: Would that first drink really throw them? So I decided instead to research the plus factors in being an AA member. "Sure, I need it," I told myself. Then I asked, "But is that enough? Where is the challenge, and what are the rewards?"