Step Twelve
We tried to carry this message to workaholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
How can I carry the message of recovery? I do it through sponsorship, sharing in meetings, outreach to the media and professional groups and serving in our W.A. fellowship.
I also find myself carrying the message in unexpected ways. Maybe a friend asks me, with a mix of hope and desperation, if it is true that there is a program of recovery for people who work too much. Maybe a family member finally reaches rock bottom with compulsive doing and asks for help.
At these times, practicing the principles of recovery in all my affairs becomes essential. I can tell people about the tools, Steps and meetings all I like, but if I am rushed and adrenalized, what I say will not ring true. I demonstrate the gifts of recovery by repeated behavior over time.
As I go about my day with serenity and presence, I may be carrying the message to someone who still suffers.
