A Selfish Program?

IS THE AA program a selfish one, as we sometimes hear? Might it not more accurately be called a program of self? Will not the newcomer, sober at last, but still unable to add much higher than two and two, be confused to hear that his sponsor and the other men and women 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 what about those courageous men and women who find AA unsponsored? Are we to selfishly disregard them?