International Convention

When I look around this stadium at the thousands of people whose lives have not simply been restored, but the thousands of people who have been given new lives, lives with purpose and meaning, freedom and joy. I ask myself, and I ask each of you, what will I report when we gather five years from now at our next International Convention? What will I report about the sacrifices that I have been willing to make to help some alcoholic I will never meet avoid being doomed as we once were? What will I report that I have done to help that person be given the opportunity for a new life the way we have been given that opportunity.

This has been a joyous time. A time where we have been able to celebrate these new lives. We have done much good while we have been here, but there is much work to be done before we can get each report back next time. I look forward to hearing those reports from you when we next gather like this. I would also be delighted to hear your reports along the way because we will surely meet as we trudge this road of happy destiny.

May God bless you and keep you until then.

Excerpt from the Sunday Big Meeting closing remarks of Scott H., General Service Board chair