Rotation: A Step Forward in Growth

I will never forget my first experience with rotation. I'd been the secretary for my group, and I believed I'd piloted my little women's group with perfection for six months. "They have never had it so good!" I thought. But they did not seem to think so. They kept asking me when we were going to hold elections for a new secretary. After all, my six month term was almost up, and I had not once mentioned holding elections. Secretly, I was hoping they would tell me that, since I had done such a great job, they wanted me to continue. Certainly they could see that no one could possibly improve upon what I had been doing. I even fantasized how they would implore me to continue and then give me a standing ovation. It didn't happen. They elected someone new, and I was devastated. But I learned, and I have grown through many more rotations. Rotation is one of the most beautiful spiritual principles that we observe in Alcoholics Anonymous.