[Tazman53]

Bob I know where you are coming from, in early sobriety I had nothing to really offer to anyone except simply being sober, polite and friendly. Setting up meetings, making coffee, and welcoming newcomers was the extent of my service to others except my family. Looking back on that, for me at that time that was a major accomplishment.

I am still new to sobriety, I am slowly becoming by staying sober and watching for opportunities to be helpful to my family becoming a better husband and father and things are slowly getting better. I spent a great many years being of disservice to my family as a result it is going to take years for me to become of maximum service to them.

I help those who my HP gives me the opportunity to help for right now, I focus on being of maximum service to my family to continue to make amends for what I put them through, slowly my family has presented me with more and more opportunities to help them as I continue to prove through my actions that I am a better person.

I have a little over a year and a half sober, I am to busy right now doing AA service and doing things for my family to add anything else to my table except those things my HP puts in front of me to help others, such as helping an old person load groceries into their car, opening doors, letting people into traffic, etc.

This is imho one of those instances where easy does it applies, do what you can do now, but do not let what you are not doing eat you alive, focus on your sobriety, what service you can be to AA & family and thats it, when the time comes for more your HP will let you know.