Sponsors are people and can be lied to. But what’s the use? We cannot fool ourselves, our Higher Power or, truth be told, usually our sponsors. And why would we want to? In the end if we don’t earnestly try […]
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About Yesterday
Karen, strange to see you here at the library. I found the meeting yesterday interesting. I had no idea you’d ever been overweight. All these years we’ve been friends and you were going to those secret meetings. You seem so […]
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I came to her an education slob, convinced degrees identified worthy friends. I heard her speak, knew she married young, her husband signing her report cards. I knew she’d been in Recovery decades while I wore unmatched shoes since I […]
Continue reading »My Dear Relapsed Sponsee
Would that I had wisely guided you. You are missed. I could blame myself, welcome a dung beetle role, but I won’t. It’s a shame I couldn’t have guided you through the oceanography of Recovery, kept you from becoming some […]
Continue reading »Making a Sponsor
Take one newcomer powerless, unable to manage life. Add a non-newcomer who has worked the Steps, at least some of them. Combine with literature, meetings, telephone, email, a touch of texting if both amenable. Mix with care, communication, honesty, humility… […]
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