Community & Fellowship

What are Community and Fellowship?

Alcoholism is a disease of isolation that thrives in the dark corners of secrecy and shame. We often arrive in recovery feeling like the only people in the world facing such impossible circumstances. Fellowship is the antidote to that loneliness. It is the experience of sitting in a room where our "unbelievable" stories are met with nodding heads and knowing smiles. In this community, we find a unique brand of "universal kinship"—a bond formed not by social status or background, but by the shared language of the heart. We discover that we are no longer alone in the storm.

This community acts as a mirror that reflects our progress when we cannot see it ourselves. When we are too weak to hold onto hope, the fellowship holds it for us. By listening to the experience, strength, and hope of others, we find the courage to try new tools and face old fears. Fellowship teaches us that we do not have to be perfect to be loved; we only have to be honest. Through service and shared laughter, the heavy burden of the family disease is lightened. We learn that while we must do the work ourselves, we never have to do it by ourselves again.