Just_Peachy...

Hello, friend of Bill's...lol.

I always loved that one. I was wondering how long you are sober now. If you'd care to share that is ;)

I can relate to the "hard nosed" sponsor thing. More or less, my first one (may she rest) I credit for keeping me sober. I know they don't like you to say it that way but I was too self-willed, and self sabotaging (sp) to make it without her. She was God's gift to me. She however loving, kicked my butt for 8 months until I became so self-willed she had to "fire" me....you know these terms i'm sure. lol.

I had never really known what hope was I think and she always talked about it. She understood how valuable it was even though I never did until recently (12 years after the fact). Work, work, work on yourself I did do with her though. I had done a fourth by the time I was four months sober. I craved direction, and discipline too. I needed her to be tough, if I'd had a "softer" sponsor, I'd have not made the progress I did in those early years. Anyway, I just thought I'd share that. ;)

If you had asked me how to get sober up until a few days ago, i'd have said it takes "hard work", but after reading those other posts I remembered? or realized? that it's usually more like "God doing for us what we couldn't do for ourselves" or grace like they say in AA.

Thanks for helping me figure that out!

Rinna