I have a new sponsor!!!! Hello everyone. So, on Saturday morning, after a very difficult day and night Friday, where the obsession to drink started creeping up on me, I became desperate enough to reach out to a lovely lady in the fellowship and ask her if she would sponsor me. She said yes!! Axtually she said, it would be a pleasure. I thought, hmmm you haven't worked with me yet! The Will is strong in this one lol. She has 17 years of sobriety, and most of all she literally radiates peace of mind and serenity! I want what she has for sure. So we are meeting on tuesday for a chat. In the meantime, I am climbing right back into the middle of the lifeboat. I know this stuff works. It is the ONLY thing that works for me. A spiritual solution. I went to an early morning gratitude meeting today. I dont usually get to go as of I am off at the weekends my daughter is with me but because I am meeting an old friend today (someone I haven't seem since I got sober as I pushed her away when I was still drinking) my daughter is with her daddy so I set my alarm and got up early and went. It was a lovely meeting and I have so much to be grateful for. I told my old sponsor that I have a new one and she wished wished. We were meant to be meeting for coffee tomorrow, I wanted to clean my side of the street but she said she will let me know in the morning so we'll see. She has so much on with her kids and a new college course. I have learnt so much from her but I feel I have made the right choice to move away now and to start my steps from the beginning again with this new lady. Wanted to keep you updated as so many of you took the time out to reply to my last post. Have a Super Sober Sunday everyone!! 🙏❤🙏❤ |
Terrific news, snitch!! What a nice post to see in my first visit to SR this morning. Keep us posted. Sounds promising indeed. |
that's good snitch,I hope it works out for you and her |
Snitch, you sound so happy with your decision regarding your new sponsor, that’s great news! |
What a wonderful post, thank you so much for sharing!! Good stuff!! |
I met my temporary sponsor when I was in a 28 day rehab stay. She was doing her service work by going to the rehab and taking the new comer to outside meetings. I didnt know her from Adam, and was happy first of all when I was given permission to leave with her and go to a meeting. Scared I was, nervous I was, yet, she guided me along the way introducing me to folks she knew in the program and allowing me to feel at ease at those very first meetings. As time went on and I completed my rehab stay and aftercare program, I continued on my journey following her, listening to her suggestions as she guided me with her own actions in recover and life. As an at home mom, wife, married life, I had to learn to find balance in my program and everyday life. Taking care of first things first and what I needed and wanted to do to remain sober no matter what, I went to my meetings, step studies, conventions, big book studies and was able to meet up with my sponsor whenever needed. She became my one and only sponsor and was never replaced because she represented everything I wanted in a sober person. However, thru out my 29 yrs sobriety, I have remain openminded to listening to all those sharing their own ESH experiences, strengths and hopes of what their life was and is like before during and after alcohol addiction. I have used the fellowship of AA as a whole as sponsors I can draw wisdom, strength and hope from on a daily bases. If not in face to face meetings which I did for yrs, but now, today, here in SR. I have had many role models to follow thru out my life and many have been right there in recovery guiding me along as folks I continue to want to pattern my life after in recovery. Those who live recovery in their everyday life with the tools and knowledge learned along the way to be the best person they can possibly be in life today. Good job on getting a new sponsor to guide you as you continue on your own recovery journey in life to achieve many of lifes rewarding gifts. :) |
i bet she knows lots about those strong wills:) so glad to hear you took that step. |
Well done! |
Thanks guys. We are meeting today for coffee and chat. I told my ex sponsor and she wished luck. I learnt so much from her but ultimately she wasnt right for me and I am learning that is ok. I feel really excited to embark on the steps from the beginning again. I know this programme works and the only time I have any peace and serenity is when I working this programme to the best of my ability. A spiritual solution is the only thing that works for me. Feeling very grateful today to be sober and alive. |
Originally Posted by fini
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i bet she knows lots about those strong wills:) so glad to hear you took that step. |
Love it. |
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