People in AA love to talk about service work. More importantly, people in AA (at least the smart ones) love to do service work. We serve on committees, we make coffee, we sweep and mop floors in the meeting room. We help newcomers, we give people rides to and from meetings. We do whatever needs to be done. Why? Well, it certainly isn't the paycheck we get for it, because there isn't one.
We do service work because we care about the still suffering alcoholic. We also do it because we care about ourselves. Dr. Bob (one of our co-founders) used to say that the AA way of life could be summarized in two words, love & service. He certainly knew what he was talking about.
Another way we do service work is by sponsoring the new folks. We befriend them and guide them through the 12 steps. At least the good sponsors do that. We teach them how to get through the days and nights without booze, and we teach them how to pass it along to others.
Yeah, we love our service work. That's just the way we roll.
