Your sponsor probably meant well, but heres my twist:
After 8 months sober without attending AA, I started dating a guy in the program which made me even more curious about it. He gave me my big book.
He turned out to be not a good example of rigorous honesty haha, but rather than let my first AA hypocrite turn me away, I just figure "life's lessons" right?
I still go, and have lots of people I like there, but I do keep in mind that their are creeps everywhere=)