This a Big Book Sponsorship Meeting.

We shall be interested to hear from those who are getting results from this book, particularly those who have commenced work with other addicts. We have no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured‹these are the conditions we have found most effective. We have ceased fighting anything or anyone, even cocaine and all mind-altering substances. Love and tolerance of others is our code. We don't talk down to an addict from any moral or spiritual hilltop; we simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for your inspection and show others how they worked for us. We offer friendship and fellowship. If you want to get well we will do anything to help. To show other addicts precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of the first 164 pages of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous. If you would like to share a step experience, ask a question about the 12 Step program, or seek a solution to a particular a problem, wait until you are acknowledged by the chairperson. Please keep your sharing to approximately two to three minutes. Cross talk is permitted, but only, as a response to cite experiences and answers as found in the text of the Big Book.