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Thursday, April 11, 2013


The Hidden Key to Success

We all know recovery isn’t a quick fix, right? So you’re probably thinking there isn’t a secret to a successful recovery too, right?  Wrong!  There is a secret and it’s a pretty easy one too, ready?...... Get Involved!  I started my first step study in 2007, but I didn’t go on Friday nights.  I didn’t think it was for me.  After I graduated I “moved on.”  Then in 2009 I had a friend who wanted to go on a Friday night so I went.  I signed up for another Step Study.  I started helping with Common Grounds.  Then I helped clean up.  I helped with our annual Anna’s House fundraiser. 

I kept getting more and more involved.  The more I got involved the more reasons I had to be there each Friday night.  I had signed up for this or that so I had to be there.  The more I was there the more I heard inspirational testimonies or lessons.  The more I showed up and pitched in the more I began to truly care about the people I was working with.  The more I cared about the people the more I wanted to be there on a Friday night!

With participating more and developing real relationships I was working my recovery in a way I wouldn’t have been able to without doing that.  When I hit a speed bump in my recovery I am able to use the things I’ve learned Friday nights and the relationships I built serving to help me get over them. 

Get involved.  There are so many opportunities: Dinner Team, Common Grounds, cleaning up, leading a small group, leading a step study, serenity prayer, hugger, and principle reader.  There are also a ton of other things you could do – things we don’t even do now, do you see a need?  Come up with a way to meet that need and volunteer to start it!  Are you currently a leader who has been doing the same service for years?  Branch out, try something new!

Also- if you see someone who has leadership potential then help them get involved!  Often it just takes being asked for someone to step up.  If you know a man who would make a great small group leader or a woman who has a great testimony, encourage them to use their gifts!

-Grateful Believer
Andrew