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**Astro** · 07-25-2007, 12:41 PM

Don't get me wrong, I have a very hard time reaching out because I always feel like I'm pestering or being a bother. The alcoholic in me likes to think I can handle everything on my own, but the reality is my best thinking got me here, so I have to rely on someone else to share their experience with me.

Although I see my sponsor almost every night at a meeting, I usually only call him when I'm at my wits end and in full crisis mode. And the first thing he always says to me is "Scott, thanks for reaching out to me". He's always there when I need him.

07-25-2007, 12:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
Astro Forum Leader Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family! Posts: 11,837	Don't get me wrong, I have a very hard time reaching out because I always feel like I'm pestering or being a bother. The alcoholic in me likes to think I can handle everything on my own, but the reality is my best thinking got me here, so I have to rely on someone else to share their experience with me. Although I see my sponsor almost every night at a meeting, I usually only call him when I'm at my wits end and in full crisis mode. And the first thing he always says to me is "Scott, thanks for reaching out to me". He's always there when I need him. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---WOW-What a ride!"