| When I walked into the rooms of AA in May of 2001, I had no idea what was to happen next.
I foolishly went to one meeting a week, did not read the Big Book, had no sponsor, thus did no step work.
While I have never taken another drink, I did continue to smoke dope daily.
I also foolishly, was under the impression it was OK to have a sober AND clean date..........pretty funny reflecting back.
The following year, I finally understood getting high was not working in my life any longer, and I was not sober. I took my last puff July 3rd, 2002 and re-set my sobriety date.
It was about this time, I started working with a sponsor.
Since I had put little into my sobriety, I got little in return.
I am of the AA school, that anyone with less than 5 yrs of sobriety is a newcomer, thus my comment.
I have learned so much, but only touched the surface.
Looking back, guess all I had hoped for when I posted my comment was acknowledgement it was a strong suggestion, not a frickin' debate from an "oldtimer".
I then went to the AA forum to see if I was the only one around here who felt this way.
MY BAD for entering into this nonsense.......my apologies. |