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Stormy1119 · 08-04-2008, 10:42 PM

I'm so thrilled! I posted awhile back about wanting a sponsor, but not really being comfortable with any women in AA and really not knowing who to ask. And i was really reluctent to approach anyone for fear of rejection.

There was a womens meeting tonight right afterI got off work. I reallly wanted to just go home but I knew i needed a meeting. so i went. After the meeting one of the women approached me and ask if I had a sponsor... she said she knew i'd been coming awhile and really appeared to want what the program had to offer. So she gave me her number and told me to call and she would put me in contact with some of the young women in the program and help me get a sponsor.

This is definitely a god thing... i didn't think i'd ever get a sponsor cause I was too scared to ask...but i'm going to call tomorrow and hopefully she'll be able to put me in touch with someone!

lizw · 08-04-2008, 10:50 PM

Cool man. I love hearing that kind of stuff.
And I love people in AA who do that kind of stuff for others.
God/Hp uses all of us if we are open to it.

Tazman53 · 08-05-2008, 04:58 AM

Stormy that is awesome, keep us updated.

Funny you should bring that up, tonight at a newcomers meeting we are going to have a group counscience, part of it is going to be to make it part of the end of every meeting to have a show of hands of any one willing to be a temporary sponsor to where any one fearing rejection will know who will not reject them if they are seeking a sponsor.

At my home group we do this when ever we have a newcomer attend the meeting.

tkdan · 08-05-2008, 06:04 AM

Stormy that's cool. I remember being in your shoes once. I did not know who are how to ask someone and was scared of rejection. After a meeting someone approached me and offered to be my temp sponsor. Now we are well on our way through the steps. It is awsome to see God move when we have a desire but are unsure of how to proceed.

**CarolD** · 08-05-2008, 03:48 PM

Wow! What good news....

**nandm** · 08-05-2008, 04:55 PM

Congrats Stormy. The program is much easier with a sponsor to help guide us and answer questions.

08-04-2008, 10:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Stormy1119 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South Georgia Posts: 59 Blog Entries: 1	God doing for us what we could not do for ourselves I'm so thrilled! I posted awhile back about wanting a sponsor, but not really being comfortable with any women in AA and really not knowing who to ask. And i was really reluctent to approach anyone for fear of rejection. There was a womens meeting tonight right afterI got off work. I reallly wanted to just go home but I knew i needed a meeting. so i went. After the meeting one of the women approached me and ask if I had a sponsor... she said she knew i'd been coming awhile and really appeared to want what the program had to offer. So she gave me her number and told me to call and she would put me in contact with some of the young women in the program and help me get a sponsor. This is definitely a god thing... i didn't think i'd ever get a sponsor cause I was too scared to ask...but i'm going to call tomorrow and hopefully she'll be able to put me in touch with someone!

08-04-2008, 10:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
lizw God's Kid Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,312	Cool man. I love hearing that kind of stuff. And I love people in AA who do that kind of stuff for others. God/Hp uses all of us if we are open to it. __________________ ....blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.

08-05-2008, 04:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tazman53 Follow Directions! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Va. Posts: 7,343	Stormy that is awesome, keep us updated. Funny you should bring that up, tonight at a newcomers meeting we are going to have a group counscience, part of it is going to be to make it part of the end of every meeting to have a show of hands of any one willing to be a temporary sponsor to where any one fearing rejection will know who will not reject them if they are seeking a sponsor. At my home group we do this when ever we have a newcomer attend the meeting. __________________ All BB quotes are from the First Edition of the BB Follow directions! Sobriety date 18 Sept. 2006 Sober today thanks to AA

08-05-2008, 06:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
tkdan Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: TX Posts: 422	Stormy that's cool. I remember being in your shoes once. I did not know who are how to ask someone and was scared of rejection. After a meeting someone approached me and offered to be my temp sponsor. Now we are well on our way through the steps. It is awsome to see God move when we have a desire but are unsure of how to proceed. __________________ Life is too short to be waisted! Sobriety Date: 11/16/08

08-05-2008, 03:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dallas, Ga. USA Posts: 16,035	Wow! What good news.... __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

08-05-2008, 04:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
nandm Life the gift of recovery! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Home is where the heart is Posts: 4,921	Congrats Stormy. The program is much easier with a sponsor to help guide us and answer questions. __________________ NOTE: All Big Book quotes are from the First Edition of the Big Book History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again. - Maya Angelou

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