March 2011

Giving It Back

After 20 years, she is finally experiencing the joys of being a sponsor

This year, having just completed 24 years of sobriety, I’ve been blessed to have three women enter my life as sponsees. This is something of a first for me. Because while one can say I’ve amassed considerable “time” in our program, over the course of my sobriety I’ve only had occasion to work with three newcomers—all of whom drifted away without much ceremony, for one reason or another. 

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