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The way to my recovery is to show others in A.A. that when I share with them, we both grow in the grace of the Higher Power, and both of us are on the road to a happy destiny.
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That says alot right there, if I am not showing others in AA what has been shared with me then I am spitting in the face of the greatest gift I have ever received. But like the Big Book says:
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But obviously you cannot transmit something you ha ven't got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us.
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I can't transmit something I don't have, so if I am not sober, how can I be of maximum service to the still sick and suffering alcoholic? Yes, I must stay sober first. Although I believe the problem has been removed, many examples have shown me that I am not impervious to a drink. Resting on my laurels can get me drunk. Pride can also get me drunk, thinking I know better cuts me off from you. I need AA today more than I did when I first got here. I am not hiding out, I am where God wants me to be. I hate the catch phrases, the chanting, the cult-like behavior at both mainstream and so-called fundamental AA meetings, but at both, there are newcomers dying for answers. I have to be alot of things to reach them ( accepting, loving, friendly etc...) but first I must be sober...