Service

When I first met with my sponsor, she thanked me.  She said she felt very honored that I would ask for her to be my sponsor and that she was so happy to be working with me.  I was baffled by this because I thought I was the one who was supposed to be thanking her because she was the one sacrificing her time and serving me.  I found out that being part of the Alanon program meant that we are all there for one another. 

Today I got up determined to work through step 3 in my book, Path to Recovery.  When I got up, I saw a message from a friend across the seas and over the mountaintops.  I was so happy that I got to chat with my friend.  She blessed me with her honesty about some things going on in her world. I understand how my sponsor was feeling when we began working the steps because when my friend shared things with me I felt very honored.  We were in service of each other.

I know that if I do not work my program, I will be of no help to anyone else, and definitely not myself.  Keeping the focus on myself means working my program one step at a time, one day at a time.  From moment to moment, I try to remember to do the next right thing.

Whatever form your higher power takes, remember that the power can come through a friend...listening or just being there.