How often should I go to meetings?
I go to meetings everyday because someone in the rooms told me to. I don't know who it was that said it and they didn't say it directly to me. All I know is that I was listening.
"Newcomers will ask me how often they should go to meetings. I tell them they should go to meetings as often as you drank", said this random sober person. "HA!" I thought. "How simple!" I accepted that suggestion.
I do know that I heard and accepted that suggestion within my first 90 days of sobriety. How do I know? Because I was told in rehab to go to 90 meetings in 90 days. I don't remember who said it, or when they said it. All know is that I was listening.
I've been sober for 708 days. I accepted that suggestion.
Another suggestion I heard in rehab was to get a sponsor and to work the steps. So, after a speaker discussion meeting in rehab, I walked up to the speaker and asked him to be my sponsor. I was listening. I accepted that suggestion.
Today I've been sober 708 days.
How does a guy that drank daily for 21 years stay sober 708 days?
I listened. I accepted the suggestions.