“But not so with the alcoholic illness, for with it there goes annihilation of all the things worthwhile in life.” (Page 18, Big Book)
“Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worthwhile to us now.” (Page 124, Big Book)
Someone people say they’ve got a ‘big life’ in recovery, and I quite understand what they mean. It’s usually a better thing to have home, occupation, and affairs than not.
But size is not the measure. If I have big feet, they are not better feet. They’re not fitter for their job by virtue of their size. A big life is not necessarily a better one. A better one is a worthwhile one, and the things that are worthwhile are often trifling in material magnitude.