When I first became serious about getting well, I heard a speaker talking about committing to a homegroup and getting a service commitment. I hadn't ever really committed to anything before except for my own destruction.
Replacing accountability to a home group, instead of slavery to my disease, helped me to stay on the right path until I changed internally. I resented "having to go" sometimes, until I realized that I really didn't have to do anything, I was choosing to get well. I spent my entire life feeling like I had to for all the wrong reasons-and naturally rebelled.
When I really understood that AA wasn't calling me asking where I was, that AA would survive with or without me, I was able to transition out of rebellion mode, to being a part of something that didn't revolve around me. This humbled my stubborn a** and helped me to apply that same perspective in all my affairs. Not everything is about Me...God's bigger picture includes me, but doesn't revolve around me.