(How) Do I Experience the Joy of Service?

The author of “Giving Time to My Family Is Service Too” describes how he had plenty of time to do SA service when he got sober in 2009 and was no longer filling up every spare minute with lust. He lists all the services he did in the first years of his recovery, services that are available for us to do too.

He married after six years of being sober as a joyful and happy single member. In the next years, he came to see that giving time to his family and work is a great way of doing service too.

Have I experienced the joy of service? Am I going to any length to return to the fellowship all the gifts it has given me? Am I doing service in my home group? What about my Intergroup and Region? Am I assisting when SA events are being organized? Am I still doing the humble services I did at the beginning?

Which special experience, skills, and interests do I have? Am I engaging them in the service of the people around me?

You may use this topic in a discussion meeting, or send us a story of your own recovery journey to essay@sa.org.