Only you, with proper guidance, can honestly appraise your own habits. They are willing to share their recovery with other fellowship members. The sooner you start working with someone, the better you will work the program. Meetings are gatherings of two or more addicts who come together to share their personal experience, strength and hope. Try to attend as many meetings as possible to soak up the myriad of stories dealing with recovery.
Many members call fellow addicts and their sponsors daily.
Take numbers from the sign-in sheet passed around at the meetings. In addition to making an inventory and listing the people we have harmed, most of us have found writing an indispensable tool for working the steps. Putting our thoughts and feelings down on paper helps us to better understand our actions and reactions to life. Anonymity, referred to in Traditions Eleven and Twelve, is a tool that guarantees that we place principles before personalities. Carrying the message to the addict who still suffers is the basic purpose of our fellowship and therefore the most fundamental form of service.