The Enormous Value Of Service Work

I hope that you have taken advantage of the great opportunities there are in the 12 step fellowships to be of service. Service is the backbone and essence of this wonderful Program. It is truly the essence of spirituality, which is giving and what is more giving than being of service. There is nothing more valuable than time, it can never be refunded or stopped or harvested. So to give of one’s time is invaluable. Not only does being of service bring you to a new level of spiritual awareness, whether you are conscious of it or not. Not only are you being of service, you are staying clean and sober, I would be hard pressed to think of any who have relapsed while opening the doors and setting up for the meetings, or making coffee for the same or attending a G.S.R. meeting and/or convention, or attending a round-up, convention and/or gratitude day committee meeting. Not only are you staying clean and sober, but through service you are learning of and about the 12 traditions, especially if you are attending committee meetings as a G.S.R or similar position. Once you get through the craziness and excitement that some of those meetings can create, you are learning how to “agree to disagree” and “principles before personalities. However even greater than that you are ensuring that the doors are open and that there is a meeting for those who need one, especially those who have not found us yet.

So to all those who have done or are doing service right now, THANK YOU and God bless you. As well learn the traditions well for those are what keep us from destroying this great program from all are good intentions. The traditions are truly the greatest recovery tool of all, for they ensure that this wonderful program endures for those who need a meeting and those who have not found us yet. They ensure that when they are ready the meetings will still be here, even if they are not yet born.
Remember God does not create garbage