How I got my sponsor

[918gma]

When I first got sober, I started my search for a sponsor. I believed that since my issues were different than any one else's I need a certian type a sonsor. I was sure this was going to be a difficult and time consuming process. I had so many things to consider. I monopolized a few meetings asking the same questions over and over. Finally some gentelman, got a little frustrated with me and said, just pray, you'll find what your looking for.

So I did. Befor each meeting I said a pray to find the right sponsor, and it worked.

The first thing I found out was that I'm not any different than any one else in this program. I'm just a self centered garden variety alcoholic like any one else in AA.

I now feel that I would like to be a sponsor myself and start to give back what I've been given. I've had a few bites but so far no one has stayed with the program. I start to question myself as to why it's not working.

I have since given up that practice as well. I just go to meetings, trying to look act and feel like I have some thing some one else might want in thier life. The right person for me will come when my higher power needs me.

[JR]

I followed gma's advice on getting a sponsor and it worked.

I called the woman I met Thursday night on Friday night to confirm that I would meet her at a Saturday morning meeting where she wanted me to meet her sponsor. We ended up in a really long conversation Friday night and she agreed to be my sponsor, Yeah! She has 15 years sobriety and she is sponsored by a woman with 20 years sobriety.

This morning I went to an absolutely fantastic closed women's meeting. Then my sponsor and her sponsor and a bunch of their sponcies went to breakfast after the meeting. It was a ready made family of sober women and I have NEVER seen anything like it. I was always looking for it but never found women in the program who had what I wanted, imagine my surprise to find a whole bunch of them.

Thanks gma for keeping it simple for me. God does for us what we cannot do for ourselves.

Easy Does It,

JR

[918gma]

It feels so good when some thing you learned helps some one else. I too have a sponcer lieniage. It is just like a ready made family. All working together toward the same goals.

During my drunk a log, I could not stand to be around women. I didn't like or trust them at all. I am so happy the program has helped me break through that fear as it turned out to be.

Enjoy your new family and keep in touch.

[LisaG]

i got my sponsor because i couldnt get out of tereatment unless i had a sponsor. if i didn't have to have one to get out i wouldnt have one.

[Dallas]

Hey LisaG!!! I just love your honesty!!! Welcome to the forum! I know what you mean. I can identify! Thanks for sharing and please keep coming back!

Dallas