It is often said that service keeps us sober, but why does that happen? Giving back through service requires accountability, and that accountability keeps us focused on sober-related activities instead of our old acting out behaviors. Here are some resources that can help you discover different ways you can be of service.
What is Service?
Service in the Fellowship of S.L.A.A. means giving of your time and talents to help with projects in your areas of interest. Read more about this critical aspect of recovery on this page.
What Types of Service Are There?
Contributing our time and talents to one of the many areas of S.L.A.A. service enriches our recovery and helps us stay sober. But what kinds of service are there? This page outlines these opportunities.
Strengthen Your Recovery: Become a Super Service Star
Learn more about different ways you boost your recovery through service regardless of how long you have been in the program.
Issues of The Journal Focused on Service
Benefits of Service
Being of Service
Recovery Through Service
Sponsorship: A Return from Isolation
Purchase this pamphlet to learn more about this vital aspect of service
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“No experience in living was more meaningful for us than letting ourselves become channels through which healing and redeeming grace could flow. The paradox was that our usefulness as channels for healing was a direct result of our experiences in sickness, as well as in recovery.”
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