The Purpose

 I meet people now and again in my daily life who tell me that they have found God or a Power other than themself who has saved them from their miserable, maybe addicted, life.  I ask them how did this God or Power do that?  Whatever they did to get free, I then ask them “For what purpose did this God free you?”  They might talk about bring a better worker, or just having a job, being a better parent or spouse, and better this and that.  Occasionally someone will say, “So that I could help others who were suffering as I was.”  Sobriety is not just about being a better person.  Your Power did this so you could be of service to other addicts like yourself.  In religion it is called, Evangelization.