Selfish Program?

WHEN I FIRST came to AA, my sponsor told me to listen. I heard many things, most of which didn't register at the time. But one did: that this was a selfish program. That I could accept. At this point, I was too despondent, too helpless, too hopeless, too full of self-pity to consider anybody but myself. The AAs told me my sobriety was the most important thing in my life. They said I had to get sober for me. That, too, I could buy. I worked on sobriety day and night. I hid in AA, trying to achieve sobriety.