Communicating The Message of Recovery
But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven’t got
Big Book of AA page 164
Communicating The Message of Recovery. In other words, we must develop and live a message of recovery before we can share it. So, today we are going to share/communicate the message of recovery. Our life before recovery was indicative of selfishness and extreme self-centeredness.
Everything we transmitted to others revolved around us getting whatever we wanted when we wanted it. We disregarded everything around us. It did not matter how important and vital a person, place or thing was, we put our drinking first.
We now entered a new way of living that requires me to adopt a new way of living. Within the program of recovery is a spiritual mandate in Step 12 that requires me to share the message that saved my life.
- How do I describe the message of recovery?
My description of my recovery helps me more full understand what I have done, what I need to do today and the necessary steps I need to take moving forward. How I describe my recovery will also impact others as I try to make a difference to those around me. - How do I apply this recovery message in my life?
By recounting my journey leading up to AA and what has happened to me since becoming a member. I apply the message of recovery as a living example to my life. I want the principals of AA Recovery to be easily identifiable in my daily living. - How can I communicate/demonstrate the messageof recovery to others?
As it is written, “the program is based on attraction, not promotion.” People need to see me as a person who has
been transformed. Most anyone close to me was witness to my personal/professional decline prior to my recovery. They had a front row seat to my destruction and they have a front row seat to my resurrection.
Robert Pardon
Robert is the Recovery Guy. Getting clean and sober on April 25, 1986 has given me the insight and practical skill set to not only stay sober, but to also re-invent myself to the person I always wanted to become. Showing others how to do this is my life goal.
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