Originally Posted by
LexieCat 
I had to laugh when you wrote about his being "groomed for leadership." There ARE no "leaders" in AA. All service positions are rotated. As people get solid sobriety they do have additional responsibilities in terms of working with others.
What I mean by that is just from what I have observed, I'm still learning about the process. About 3-4 wks ago he showed me this cell phone, and explained that it was the AA phone..that they had given him the responsibility of having the phone. His sponsor was the person in charge of it, but he had to leave town and gave it to my hubby to oversee. He still has it now, so it does not seem to rotate? Also, hubby told me about some of the veteran members asking him to meet with one of the new people and speaking to him about his experience. Hubby stated to me that he still considered himself pretty new and was kind of surprised that they asked him....