Disappointment and Sponsorship

Conversation about disappointment last night:

"Hey Sponse, can you just tell me how this was my fault so I'll feel better?"

"Ok, it's your fault. Are we done?"

"I just feel so disappointed."

"No you don't, you feel embarrassed."

"Oh. Ok!"

"Talk to you tomorrow!"

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A Meeting (Every Day)

In my rehab, I got two messages very strongly. One was to get a sponsor, and the other was to go to meetings every day. This has worked for me as long as I have been sober, and I don't plan to stop anytime soon.

I never make any concessions about telling anyone this either. So I am still a little surprised when my friends in AA or guys I am working with act shocked when I call them out on this.

People who don't go to meetings every day relapse. Simple enough.

This doesn't mean that I go to meetings every day I won't relapse. There's other stuff to do too.

But people who don't go to meetings every day relapse.

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Time

Some of the first things I heard about time in AA:

Time doesn't mean anything.

Time moves slower in early sobriety.

Listen to old timers.

Time takes time.

One thing I do know, is that as I have better cultivated the ability to manage my time in AA, the rest of my life has gotten easier to organize. My sponsor taught me this.

If I am late to meetings all the time, or leaving early all the time, the same thing happens in the rest of my life. I'm late to work, and I can't sit still.

The more I prioritize AA, the easier it becomes for me to prioritize everything else.

As AA slips away, so does my life.

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