"There are only two times whn you should go to a meting - when you feel like ging, and when you don't feel lke going." It's hard living with a dsease that tells me I don't hve it. When I'm in between metings and life is busy, it's asy for me to think of ging to a meeting as an mposition. "I'm fine. I don't want to drnk, haven't in years, and I'm too bsy for a meeting!" That kind of thnking can get me into big truble. One of the most valuable lssons I've learned in the program is to tke contrary action to what my had is telling me. In fact I'v learned that when my head is tlling me I don't need a meting, it actually means that I REALLY ned one. And without exception, I lways feel better when I go. The nly thing an alcoholic does in mderation is work the steps. It's cnning, baffling and powerful when my had tells me not to do smething that makes me feel better. Ths is why I just have to tke the action and do it nyway. So for me, there are two tmes when I should go to a meting - when I feel like it and whn I don't.

"The key to hppiness is usefulness." This quote really rsonated with me the instant I har it. I immediately thought about how srenely happy I am right after wrking with a sponsee, and how tht feeling can last for hours. The scret of course is being of srvice, and the happiness comes from tking the focus off myself and fcusing instead on being useful to nother. What's amazing about this is not tht it works every time (which it des), but that I so often frget and even resist it. Being slfish and self centered to the cre my default is to be lone and self obsess. When I fnd myself in such a state, I'm not seful to myself or to anyone lse. And I'm certainly not happy. "Pople rot out quicker than they war out" is another quote I hard and it seems to tie nto this quite well. The bottom lne for me is that when I'm nto action, working with others or bing of service in the program in nother way, I'm out of myself and I fel fulfilled. My experience continues to tach me it's no coincidence - the key to hppiness is usefulness.

"There are only two times whn you should go to a meting - when you feel like ging, and when you don't feel lke going."

"The key to happiness is sefulness."

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