The sailor who has been in the dark is the best guide for other sailors

Today I am grateful to be in recovery because I am uniquely able to help other recovering addicts.  Had I not been an addict I would never have been so useful. I have a tremendous meaning in life that I could not find before I got into recovery. I have a purpose. I can identify with other addicts and can model better behavior for them.  I will never have to be bored or lonely because I can always find someone to help by showing up at a recovery meeting. I can give it away to keep it.  Because of the principles I have learned at meetings, I have also developed patience, tolerance, and other characteristics which I use to help anyone (not just alcoholics and addicts). By treating others with love and compassion, most of them respond to me better thereby improving my life.      

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No matter how long you have been in recovery, you are uniquely able to help others where you could not before. No one can help another addict like a recovering addict can. No matter what you have done in the past, you now have a tremendous meaning in life. Even if you are one day clean and sober, your act of faith in the recovery program inspires people who have been in recovery for a long time. As you show up to recovery meetings, you will get more recovery principles which you can pass along to others. Today I will make it a point to find someone to help not only because I am uniquely able to do so but also because helping others gets me out of the selfishness and stinking thinking which can ruin my life.