Third meeting, a sponsor & a Big Book!

Today i brought my daughter along with me for my 20 minute walk, we stopped at the park to walk around. Typically i like to do this by myself because i want to be able to focus on nothing but the music and nature, but it was nice to see her enjoy the nature with me.

I just left me third meeting in a row, and a nice young woman about my age came up to me and offered to be my sponsor. I said yes, and we went into the meeting. Todays meeting was a tear jerker, it was a local who told his story. It made me tear up. At the end, my new sponsor shared her clean time and some thoughts on gratitute, and gifted me my first ever Big Book!
Also, the kind older man from my job was there! He said “Hiya Maya”, and see you in a few more days (I work fridays & weekends lol). Im really fond of him.

The nice girl who offered to be my sponsor has 8 months under her belt, and ive heard a lot about choosing a sponsor with a lot of clean time or however you say it. Anyone want to share their thoughts? She seems very educated and nice, im just dubious about the clean time.

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Just keep coming back. Read the book
Call your sponsor
Get to meetings
Work the steps
It’s gonna be great. Just don’t drink one day at a time no matter what.

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Stick with her for now...she can help you through the beginning and it's always fine to change to someone else later. Learn what you can from her, she's made it 8 months😊

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I was always told at least one year. That being said whatever keeps you sober

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You're off to a great start Maya. Keep it up! You can always change sponsors if you need to. Some people have cosponsors too