day 1 but not alone this time
Breaking Thru
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: SW Pennsylvania
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day 1 but not alone this time
I'm back to square 1 again but
going to meet my new sponsor tonight. SR isn't enough. It's gotta be the way out. I only wish I'd done it sooner . How's does it work ?
Tr
going to meet my new sponsor tonight. SR isn't enough. It's gotta be the way out. I only wish I'd done it sooner . How's does it work ?
Tr
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Johannesburg
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Hi,
It's great that you've realised that what you were doing wasn't enough and that you've reached out for more help. Keep on trying until it works!
I only quit when I had SR, addiction therapy, cognitive therapy, AA and antidepressants!
I had tried each of those on their own and kept failing; the combination is working and so I'm sticking to it.
all the best
It's great that you've realised that what you were doing wasn't enough and that you've reached out for more help. Keep on trying until it works!
I only quit when I had SR, addiction therapy, cognitive therapy, AA and antidepressants!
I had tried each of those on their own and kept failing; the combination is working and so I'm sticking to it.
all the best
Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: North East, US
Posts: 2,310
Hey Ricky, I'm not an AA member, but I think you are wise to add support to your recovery. Recognizing that you don't have enough help/resources shows great self awareness! Congrats on taking care of your needs 
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: NY
Posts: 5
Day 2
Morning to all my wonderful new friends,
I am starting my day on a positive note, daughter still seething mad at me but I need to work on myself. I am planning on attending my first AA meeting tomorrow night. Not sure what to expect. Am a little nervous actually. Was thinking of asking my daughter to go with me. Not sure if she would.
Thank you God for holding my hand. I can actually feel you all pulling me in the right direction.
Have a fantastic day.:
I am starting my day on a positive note, daughter still seething mad at me but I need to work on myself. I am planning on attending my first AA meeting tomorrow night. Not sure what to expect. Am a little nervous actually. Was thinking of asking my daughter to go with me. Not sure if she would.
Thank you God for holding my hand. I can actually feel you all pulling me in the right direction.
Have a fantastic day.:
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,649
Hi trikyriky,
So glad that you continue to fight the good fight and are taking action. You recognize that you need help with this and that's a big step. There are many programs out there, and I have respect for every one of them.
There's a forum on here that's dedicated to 12 step recovery:
Alcoholism-12 Step Support - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information
I can tell you that it's what has helped to keep me sober for almost 4 months. If you dedicate yourself to the steps some pretty amazing things are in store for you.
I like to refer to it as the program that changed my life and made me a better person. Oh yeah, and I also got to achieve sobriety at the same time.
If you have any questions you can pm me.
Keep us posted!
So glad that you continue to fight the good fight and are taking action. You recognize that you need help with this and that's a big step. There are many programs out there, and I have respect for every one of them.
There's a forum on here that's dedicated to 12 step recovery:
Alcoholism-12 Step Support - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information
I can tell you that it's what has helped to keep me sober for almost 4 months. If you dedicate yourself to the steps some pretty amazing things are in store for you.
I like to refer to it as the program that changed my life and made me a better person. Oh yeah, and I also got to achieve sobriety at the same time.
If you have any questions you can pm me.
Keep us posted!
That bell or bike person
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: london
Posts: 4,978
Hey Ricky ,
one of my mates used to get through lot's and lots of drugs and booze in the 70's and 80's being a rock musician it went with the teritory . He's 27 years clean and sober with the help of NA .
You can do it to ,
Bestwishes, m
one of my mates used to get through lot's and lots of drugs and booze in the 70's and 80's being a rock musician it went with the teritory . He's 27 years clean and sober with the help of NA .
You can do it to ,
Bestwishes, m
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How does it work? 1) a desire to quit drinking (i.e. you want to be sober more than you want to be drunk and 2) rigorous honesty with yourself and others.
Kudos to you for adding tools to your recovery process!
Kudos to you for adding tools to your recovery process!
Sobriety is Traditional
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Posts: 9,064
Hi Riky,
I am working the AA program with a sponsor. I started out going to 90 AA and NA meetings in 90 days, and still go once or twice a week. I also meet with my sponsor once or twice a week.
The way I see it, my sponsor is someone who knows how to work the steps of recovery. I also have a therapist whom I see regularly and I have the AA phone list if I ever feel I need a drink.
I use SR to fill my time with something positive, and it also is a great place for discussions of twelve-step programs (in the appropriate forum, of course).
I am working the AA program with a sponsor. I started out going to 90 AA and NA meetings in 90 days, and still go once or twice a week. I also meet with my sponsor once or twice a week.
The way I see it, my sponsor is someone who knows how to work the steps of recovery. I also have a therapist whom I see regularly and I have the AA phone list if I ever feel I need a drink.
I use SR to fill my time with something positive, and it also is a great place for discussions of twelve-step programs (in the appropriate forum, of course).
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Who Is an Addict?
Most of us do not have to think twice about this question.
We know! Our whole life and thinking was centered in drugs
in one form or another—the getting and using and finding
ways and means to get more. We lived to use and used
to live. Very simply, an addict is a man or woman whose
life is controlled by drugs. We are people in the grip of a
continuing and progressive illness whose ends are always
the same: jails, institutions, and death.
WE DO RECOVER
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
When at the end of the road we find that we can no longer
function as a human being, either with or without drugs, we all face
the same dilemma. What is there left to do? There seems to be
this alternative: either go on as best we can to the bitter ends—
jails, institutions, or death—or find a new way to live. In years
gone by, very few addicts ever had this last choice. Those who
are addicted today are more fortunate. For the first time in
man’s entire history, a simple way has been proving itself in the
lives of many addicts. It is available to us all. This is a simple
spiritual—not religious—program, known as Narcotics Anonymous.
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You asked right?
One of the first suggestions many of us hear when we begin attending NA meetings is to get a sponsor.
As newcomers, we may not understand what this means.
What is a sponsor? How do we get and use one? Where do we find one?
Our Basic Text tells us that “the heart of NA beats when two addicts
share their recovery,” and sponsorship is simply one addict helping another.
The two-way street of sponsorship is a loving, spiritual,and compassionate relationship that helps both the sponsor and sponsee.
WHO is a sponsor?
An NA sponsor is a member of Narcotics Anonymous, living our program of recovery, who is willing to build a special, supportive, one on-one relationship with us.
Most members think of a sponsor, first and foremost, as someone who can help us work the Twelve Steps of NA, and sometimes the Twelve
Traditions and Twelve Concepts. A sponsor is not necessarily a friend,
but may be someone in whom we confide. We can share things with our sponsor that we might not be comfortable sharing in a meeting.
WHAT does a sponsor do?
Sponsors share their experience, strength, and hope with their sponsees. Some describe their sponsor as loving and compassionate, someone they can count on to listen and support them no matter what.
Others value the objectivity and detachment a sponsor can offer, relying on their direct and honest input even when it may be difficult to accept.
Still others turn to a sponsor mainly for guidance through the Twelve Steps.
“Someone once asked, ‘Why do I need a sponsor?’ The sponsor replied, ‘Well it’s pretty hard to spot self deception...by yourself.’”
Sponsorship works for the same reason that NA works—because recovering members share common bonds of addiction and recovery and, in many cases, can empathize with each other. A sponsor’s role is not that of a
legal advisor, a banker, a parent, a marriage counselor, or a social worker. Nor is a sponsor a therapist offering some sort of professional advice.
A sponsor is simply another addict in recovery
who is willing to share his or her journey through the Twelve Steps.
As we share our concerns and questions with our sponsors,sometimes they will share their own experiences. At other times they may suggest reading or writing assignments, or try to answer our questions about the program.
When we are new to NA, a sponsor can help us understand things that may confuse us about the program, from NA language, meeting formats, and the service structure, to the meaning of NA principles and the nature of
spiritual awakening.
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Happy for u! Get on that road to recovery my friend. Go After it, only you can do that for yourself.
One of the first suggestions many of us hear when we begin attending NA meetings is to get a sponsor.
As newcomers, we may not understand what this means.
What is a sponsor? How do we get and use one? Where do we find one?
Our Basic Text tells us that “the heart of NA beats when two addicts
share their recovery,” and sponsorship is simply one addict helping another.
The two-way street of sponsorship is a loving, spiritual,and compassionate relationship that helps both the sponsor and sponsee.
WHO is a sponsor?
An NA sponsor is a member of Narcotics Anonymous, living our program of recovery, who is willing to build a special, supportive, one on-one relationship with us.
Most members think of a sponsor, first and foremost, as someone who can help us work the Twelve Steps of NA, and sometimes the Twelve
Traditions and Twelve Concepts. A sponsor is not necessarily a friend,
but may be someone in whom we confide. We can share things with our sponsor that we might not be comfortable sharing in a meeting.
WHAT does a sponsor do?
Sponsors share their experience, strength, and hope with their sponsees. Some describe their sponsor as loving and compassionate, someone they can count on to listen and support them no matter what.
Others value the objectivity and detachment a sponsor can offer, relying on their direct and honest input even when it may be difficult to accept.
Still others turn to a sponsor mainly for guidance through the Twelve Steps.
“Someone once asked, ‘Why do I need a sponsor?’ The sponsor replied, ‘Well it’s pretty hard to spot self deception...by yourself.’”
Sponsorship works for the same reason that NA works—because recovering members share common bonds of addiction and recovery and, in many cases, can empathize with each other. A sponsor’s role is not that of a
legal advisor, a banker, a parent, a marriage counselor, or a social worker. Nor is a sponsor a therapist offering some sort of professional advice.
A sponsor is simply another addict in recovery
who is willing to share his or her journey through the Twelve Steps.
As we share our concerns and questions with our sponsors,sometimes they will share their own experiences. At other times they may suggest reading or writing assignments, or try to answer our questions about the program.
When we are new to NA, a sponsor can help us understand things that may confuse us about the program, from NA language, meeting formats, and the service structure, to the meaning of NA principles and the nature of
spiritual awakening.
NA IP Permission Of NA World Services,inc
Happy for u! Get on that road to recovery my friend. Go After it, only you can do that for yourself.
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Hi friend, just catching up on this thread and so happy for you for making this decision. Every little bit helps and you are so close to kicking this thing out of your life for good.
I am always so inspired by your strength and absolute refusal to give up. It inspires me to be strong too. Plus you always know what to say to someone struggling...many times me included. I think that is a gift that you're going to be giving to a lot more people in the times to come. Maybe through NA, maybe not...but it's certainly something I see in almost all of your posts.
Thank you for that, for you, and please let us know how it goes!
Hugs to you tonight!
I am always so inspired by your strength and absolute refusal to give up. It inspires me to be strong too. Plus you always know what to say to someone struggling...many times me included. I think that is a gift that you're going to be giving to a lot more people in the times to come. Maybe through NA, maybe not...but it's certainly something I see in almost all of your posts.
Thank you for that, for you, and please let us know how it goes!
Hugs to you tonight!
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