Where Do We Go From Here?

Communication has been, is, and always will be the essence of AA. Our accepted task, then--our primary purpose--is to carry the message to the still-suffering alcoholic; to communicate with him about what we were like, what happened, and what we are like now; to communicate our experience, strength, and hope to him constantly; to communicate with him about his obligation, in turn, to carry the message further; and to communicate to him the knowledge of how to do it and the tools to do it with.