All the Way Into the Middle of AA

When we need a coffee maker or a greeter at my home group, I'm usually the one to give the pitch, since I'm the wounded but not quite bleeding deacon of the group. I give the spiel the way I heard it twelve years ago when I came in: easy work, short hours, a little appreciation, a lot of complaints, and no pay. But what you get is more than a couple hours of volunteer labor will get you anywhere else. I was given a daily reprieve from a disease that kills most of the people who have it, and nearly killed me.