How I Do Service
Presently I’m blessed with the energy to participate in AA to the extent that I do. I feel like I’m doing just the right amount of service. I have a Home group that I attend every week without exception. I have a service commitment in my home group; currently I’m the Treasurer. Sometimes I share during our group discussion but our group is large and I am not always moved to share. I stay after the meeting to make reimbursements and assist with clean-up. I actively participate in our monthly business meeting as well. I provide written and oral reports and make recommendations regarding our group’s finances.
My other major commitment is District Committee Member Chair. I participate in our monthly district meeting, monthly Officers’ meeting, district hosted events, monthly area meetings, quarterly area assemblies, and annual regional assemblies.
I try to incorporate the Steps, Traditions and Concepts into my service work; for example: Step 1: I am powerless over the outcome of my group’s decisions, Step 2: but since God is in charge I don’t have to worry about the outcomes. Tradition 5 “I try and do one thing well rather than many things poorly. I focus my energy on my home group, rather than being split among many groups. Concept 5: when participating in a business meeting I encourage minority opinion to speak and to be heard.
One last thought about focusing my energy on my home group. I have heard time and again to get into the middle of the herd. I have done that in my home group. I can take that a step further by drawing an even larger herd around my home group this would represent my local AA community or District and then my District is part of an even larger herd being that of AA as a whole. So I might say I’m in the middle of the middle of the middle of the herd. I feel safe in here.
