Originally Posted by
Bunny211 
Because we've all been where you are and know how low that feels. There is no greater love or more pure a love than the love one drunk feels for another. We share in a common peril and we find recovery together. Like shipmates after a horrific shipwreck...we find ourselves all desperately clinging to the life rafts together.
Yep. That.
And, on a selfish note, helping others also reinforces my own sobriety. If I'm having a tough day, dwelling on it, or trying to exert my own will on things that are beyond my control is invariably a lot less effective than focussing on helping someone else.