The Bright Spot of Our Lives

         As sponsors in Alcoholics Anonymous we must live the principles of the program if we are to have the integrity it takes to present the principles of AA to others.  We have come to understand that our very lives as ex-problem drinkers are dependent upon the lives we are called to help.  Our lives take on a purpose and meaning that we have not experienced before.
         In the "Big Book" of Alcoholics Anonymous in the chapter "Working With Others" it states,

                "Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as                       intensive work with other alcoholics... You can help when no one else can... Remember                       they are very ill.  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.  We know you will not want to                       miss it.  Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our                         lives."

         There is nothing that we can do with ourselves that is more important then helping someone else recover from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. Nothing. In order for this recovery to occur for them in its purest form, those we are helping must develop a personal relationship with God. It is through such a relationship with Him that they will recover. It is through this relationship that they will know serenity, peace and joy, maybe even for the first time in their lives.
         Obviously none of this can possibly occur for others if it has not occurred for us - as we cannot give away that which we don't have. Live this life through Him and in helping others do the same, you will be living within the bright spot of your life.