I was dropped by my sponsor today. I wasn't working my first step fast enough and a few days after Christmas he sent me a "Dear Sponsee" text. Kind of feel some type of way about it...
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Steph, allow me to assist.
Do you know for a fact and are you thoroughly convinced that you're an alcoholic?
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You can do it only you can help your self I once was told this and it worked I stop the negativity now am on positive things way better then negative yeeeahh boooy
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Well i cant be your sponsor but i say smart stuff sometimes. You ever want to talk ill be around. Ok bye
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Steps 1&2 for me can be summed up by simply realizing that I had made alcohol my higher power. Alcohol was my solution to all my problems. Once I realized that I was easily able to admit that I was an alcoholic and my life had become unmanageable. And then it wasn’t such a stretch to think oh well I used to believe in a higher power named alcohol maybe it’s not so crazy to think there could be a better one out there to replace it. And so I came to believe that a higher power could indeed restore me to sanity. If you’re struggling with steps 1&2 maybe think about it like that :). It worked for me.
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That was probably the best tging that could have happened!
This is your life and sobriety. Do not let anyone tell you different. If you are sober it's working.
Step 1 is a step I have never ever even attempted.
Be you. Stay clean.
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Please consider that the work of step one was already done "out there."
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I'm actually an addict... But the disease is the same just a different outlet to mask the symptoms
Ok .. I wish you luck
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I appreciate the insight... I definitely know that I have the compulsive response to use and lose all that I have with no ability to apply the brakes on my own. I definitely give it to God to give me my second chance. It's just shitty when you hear a sponsor claim to want better for you then decide they are done due to me being busy Christmas week. I should take responsibility for not finishing the step I started but can't help feel resentment to the man who claimed to be a guide threw this process I'm committed to.
A friend once told me at an AA meeting that AA was for people that have a DESIRE not to drink, not for just completely sober people.
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It's gotta be a good fit both ways. F@#* him. Stay sober without him.
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