Trippstar

I dont care about physical pain it hurts but dont hurt as much as my soul dont know why. I need too do something about it gonna start going too AA, Ive only been to 7 meetings Im scared of asking for a sponsor because I have too speak up in front of like 30+ people, my key worker suggested that I get sponsor. Its hard if no-one says anything I feel like no-ones gonna sponsor me.
I feel like a waste of space does anyone know about getting a sponsor??

I know I gotta put in the work too but I aint started the steps yet seems scary but Im gonna do them to help myself and my family.

yeahgr8

This is what i did, finally like you i realised i need AA and wanted what they have! At the end of the meeting they go for coffee, some meetings not all, so i made sure i went with them. I then asked one of the older members that seemed happy and confident how long he had been sober, started to chat about how he got it and then asked, well i suppose said, i have heard that it would be a good idea to get a sponsor but i am unsure where to start...could you recommend anyone? I bet you have guessed the next bit, he suggested a few people, then i got chatting to him again at another meeting and then i asked him to be my sponsor...and this was only after 3 meetings! I struck gold and he is a diamond, we are working through the steps together, i trust him 100% and everything he tells me to do is in the big book (he said if i ever tell you to do anything that isn't in the BB tell me to **** off hehe...he's a str8 talker!). So i've been going for 8 weeks now, done a step 4 and 5 really really throughly and honestly and now am working on my step 9, speaking to my mum again and sending off some letters tomorrow to people in different counties...met an exgf today to make an amend to her...she was in my life for 6 years so that was an important one! Go for it, it's a miracle waiting to happen for you if you put the work in:-)

CarolD

When I began my Steps....I consider I moved from
sobriety into recovery...

I'm so glad you are getting a sponsor
Blessings to you and your family

lostbutterfly

I've been going to AA for a year and am finally decided who I want to be my sponsor. Actually, it's just taken a year for me to get over the fear that I may be rejected!

Mark75

Go to enough meetings to find one you like. Try to go early and stay late. Swallow your pride, introduce yourself, tell them you are new...

Things will fall into place. Everyone is there for the same reason you are. A big part of the program is service, you help others by letting them help you.

Relax.

Mark

shaun00

Tripp why have you gotta stand up and ask for a sponsor?.....
Pull someone aside that you aspire too after the meeting.?.

or try another meeting......you have plenty to choose from in basingstoke.

if i can be of any help please feel free to pm me..

NewBeginning010

Good luck with your AA meeting's & finding the right sponsor for you.

I can totally relate to the "Broken Soul" thing right now, actually I wrote a poem about it recently (below).

Take care & all of the best.

NB




Broken Soul

feeling broken today
but not sure why
my memories haunt me
no matter how hard I try

lost & bewildered
sits this broken soul
trying to figure out
how to fill up this hole

I have let alcohol
ruin my life
along with its friends
torture & strife

I need a new plan
to steer things right
to embrace & hold onto
with all of my might

so just for today
is how I must think
to save me from
that very first drink

for today I am broken
yes this is true
but I am still hopeful
of a beginning new

by

New Beginning

June 19, 2009