Daily
Reflections reading December 8th
Service
Life
will take on a new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others,
to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host
of friends – this is an experience you must not miss. . . . Frequent contact
with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives. ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 89
It
is through service that the greatest rewards are to be found. But to be in a
position of offering true, useful and effective service to others, I must first
work on myself. This means that I have to abandon myself to God, admitting my
faults and clearing away the wreckage of my past. Work on myself has taught me
how to find the necessary peace and serenity to successfully merge inspiration
and experience. I have learned how to be, in the truest sense, an open channel
of sobriety.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on December 8th Reading
With out service positions filled we would not have any
fellowship or meetings to go to, I believe that service work is a vital part of
my personal twelfth step work in helping others, when someone wants information
they call the AA hot line and are served by a member
This member is at this time doing twelfth step work by
sharing their knowledge we another, service work and twelve-step work are one
in the same, with out one we could not have the other, and I am
responsible for my own recovery, but I have to give all the
credit for my sobriety to God
I learned from people of the fellowship of AA, those people
who were active doing service for there group, sharing there experience
strength and hope with me, reminding me what I was like before I
surrendered my life and will over to Gods care
Seeing how the character defects of pride, greed, lust,
anger, gluttony, envy, and Sloth, were there in my drinking life, I used to
blame them for all my problems when drunk, I had an excuse for everything I did
when drunk, excuse hell, it was blaming others
I soon learned I had to give this program away if I wanted
to remain happy and free, looking back in
AA everyone who has walked thru our doors is also
responsible for my recovery, as we say in the fellowship God works thru people
we support one another
We are part of each other’s recovery, we are never alone, as
long as I choose to stay sober and live
with in the principles of the twelve steps, with your help I
will stay sober, I must remain active in my
recovery and the recovery of others in my life
God has put people in my life and I hope to pass their love kindness
along to others looking for that
new way of life, this is what service work is all about in
my recovery not just cleaning up or chairing meetings but also becoming a
General Service Representative for my group
Then as a District Committee Member of my district, only
service position in AA I have not done is being a delegate to General Service
Office, I have been active in many service committees and have never regretted
any time I have been in service to God, AA, or others
To not have any down time, my sponsor made sure I was active
in my recovery, thru service work we are many people, with many character
defects, who normally would not mix and when we all come, into a room for a
meeting, we carry that baggage with us
I know when I first came to the halls, I did not like a lot
of what I was hearing people say, but then I
was only hearing the real truth, from people who came to the
halls before me, it made me have to take a look at why I had no control over my
life
I must remain active in my recovery and the recovery of
others God has put in my life, I hope to pass the fellowships love, kindness
and forgiveness, along to others who come into our halls looking for that new
way of life, this is how I try to give back the love
God gave me when I ask for the help, because of my being
active in recovery, I also became active in my personal life, becoming the man
God always wanted me to be, please get active in service work passing the
message forwards share your experience, strength, and hope with others
God bless you Al M
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