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What are we to do? If we are to leave our old lives of drinking what then? Where are we to find fellowship with others of like mind? What substitute do these people have to offer for our life of drinking?

The vision offered us is one of usefulness and purpose for our lives. We have seen how our common troubles allow us to be useful to others like us. We can be useful in a way that no one else can. Here we are shown how the authors built a fellowship A.A. is a society of recovered alcoholics able to work together in brotherly and harmonious action. A.A. is a fellowship of people who travel a common path as they apply this solution to their problems and help others to find this path that really leads somewhere.

This chapter, like many of the earlier chapters, opens with a portrayal of the alcoholic drinker so accurate that we are able to see our illness parallel that of the people who have gone before us. They have shown us the path they took to recovery. Should we wish to adopt their way of life, we are assured that we will enjoy the same results as the authors. The results are nothing short of miraculous, when we travel from the despair of alcoholism to the joy of a useful and satisfying life.

We have been shown a way of life that affords us access to an Unlimited Source of Power. The foundation stone of this way of life is helping others to discover this real solution to their problems. By working with others we will find fellowship in Alcohollics Anonymous.