Wednesday, June 24th
My co-dependency shifted its focus from relationships to the entire fellowship.
SCA members can “burn out” by taking on too many service commitments or working with more sponsees than we can handle. We may begin to feel unappreciated, or perhaps we resent other members who are doing little or no service work. Some might even make a clean break with the fellowship rather than cut back their service work to a more reasonable level.
“I identified with the saying Service keeps us sober. But I made so many commitments that I soon felt responsible for everything. The stress made me want to channel my resentments by leaving SCA.”
We keep in mind the slogan: Easy does it. We can review our current service work and decide to reduce it gradually. We recall the “Rotation of service” principle and apply it to our commitments.
If a meeting is in danger of closing due to a lack of members doing service, it is not our personal responsibility to preserve it by doing more service. We can reread Step Three and reclaim the willingness to let go of our control — just as we did in working our recovery from sexual compulsion. Meetings will survive or fail based on a group commitment, not the commitment of an individual. The same holds true for intergroup and ISO service.
SCA is a “we,” not a “me” program.