What's the deal with sponsorship?
Hi all,
Hope everyone's doing well today.
I have a few questions that I'm hoping will be able to help me as I begin my journey with recovery and hopefully their answers will be able to help some other newcomers.
I attended my first meeting yesterday and was overwhelmed with relief that I'm no longer alone. I was approached by a lady who offered to be my temporary sponsor, and I was encouraged to "work the contact list."
So, I'm very open to all of these things but here is where I'm a little lost:
-When/How often should I be getting in touch with my sponsor?
-What kinds of things should I be asking her?
-How do I get over the feeling that I'll be bugging someone? I have a lot of questions and I don't really know where to start.
Just...wha?! I guess...I'd just like to hear some advice on where to start. Once again, I'm sober and obviously it's NB not to pick up the first drink. I'm just ready to start working on this properly and dunno where to start.
I'll hopefully be able to attend an online meeting tonight as well, which is not as daunting as the physical meeting but I'm super awkward on the phone so I may just listen for the first one haha.
Any advice would be deeply appreciated.