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lizw · 10-22-2008, 01:06 PM

An Al Anon lady sponsors me and she kicks a**.
I am so lucky to have her and love her dearly.
I use to have an AA one too but she didn't 'have what I wanted' so after 6 months (if that) I just stopped calling her.

Lo, my sponsor, has been my sponsor for 4/5 years now.
And I been sober 10.
Dunno what I'd do without her either.

A few years ago, if someone had told me I'd have an Al Anon sponsor rather than an AA one, I wouldn't have believed it. Doing something like that (in my mind) would've been like signing my own death wish.

But Lo has probably taught me more about living life than anyone is AA.
I don't think this would have been the case though when I first got sober.

I always feel a tad sad when I hear people have found it difficult to get sponsors, as in someways for me, sponsorship has also been about forming and sustaining a relationship with another person.

I had another one recently who was helping me with my SLAA stuff/steps (Sex and Love Addicts Anon) but that didn't work out and like you said, she just got caught up in her own stuff and it all got a bit messy.

10-22-2008, 01:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
lizw God's Kid Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,561	An Al Anon lady sponsors me and she kicks a**. I am so lucky to have her and love her dearly. I use to have an AA one too but she didn't 'have what I wanted' so after 6 months (if that) I just stopped calling her. Lo, my sponsor, has been my sponsor for 4/5 years now. And I been sober 10. Dunno what I'd do without her either. A few years ago, if someone had told me I'd have an Al Anon sponsor rather than an AA one, I wouldn't have believed it. Doing something like that (in my mind) would've been like signing my own death wish. But Lo has probably taught me more about living life than anyone is AA. I don't think this would have been the case though when I first got sober. I always feel a tad sad when I hear people have found it difficult to get sponsors, as in someways for me, sponsorship has also been about forming and sustaining a relationship with another person. I had another one recently who was helping me with my SLAA stuff/steps (Sex and Love Addicts Anon) but that didn't work out and like you said, she just got caught up in her own stuff and it all got a bit messy. __________________ ....blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.