Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends— this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (Kindle Locations 1324-1326).

Service is the whole point:
Having had a spiritual awakening
as the result of these Steps,
we tried to carry this message
to compulsive overeaters
and to practice these principles
in all our affairs. It’s our destination,
our ultimate usefulness.
We arrive helpless, powerless,
stuck in unmanageable lives.
We take the steps thinking of ourselves,
our failings, our defects, people we harmed,
seeking to  identify with an extraneous power,
one we can trust with our lives, leaning to trust
that power with everything. And we reach the point
when we are amazed our lives work and suddenly
we’re positioned to sponsor, to share our journey,
and realize, this is an experience you must not miss.
We’re home.