My suggestion to you would be to get a sponsor (even just a temporary one) as quickly as possible.....this is what I did....@ about 6 days sober (but then I had no life back then so I was hitting multiple meetings per day, and had a good variety from which to choose. I got a temporary one to start with, and with time, she became my permanent sponsor.....and got me right through those steps........woooohoooo
"...My dilemma is that I've been talking to a lot of other folks in the program, which includes those I see @ outpatient, and they've told me they'd wish they'd been more selective when getting their first sponsor. These are folks that have been in and out of recovery for years and have had many sponsors..."
When I read this, the only thing that came to my mind was that (well, you did state that these folks have been and out of recovery for years).....perhaps it's not that they chose the 'wrong' sponsor, but that they failed to accept any of the suggestions made by those sponsors......hmmmmm?
Here's wishing you luck/good fortune on your search...... (o:
NoelleR
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