by Liz | Aug 19, 2020 | 12 Steps, Gratitude, Grieving, Long-Term Sobriety, Love, Mom, Mother, My First Sponsor, Recovery, Relationships, Sponsee, Sponsor, Women
This post is dedicated to Kate…my first Sponsor. In case you don’t know what a Sponsor is (and yes, I mean to capitalize the term), a Sponsor is a person that acts as a mentor or guide through the 12 Steps of any Anonymous program of recovery...
by Liz | Feb 4, 2020 | Addict, Alcoholic, Boundaries in Sobriety, Brain, Clean Time, Drugs, Insulin, Long-Term Sobriety, Meds, Meetings, Pancreas, Recovery, Relapse, Sober, Sober in Recovery, Sobriety, Sponsee, Sponsor, Third Tradition
So, pot is legal where I live now. Ugh. Now, I am meeting people in recovery who smoke pot on a daily basis and say they are sober. This leaves me feeling… I am now officially “old school” and considered an “old timer” in this...
by Liz | Oct 8, 2018 | Birthdays, Clean Time, Coins, Long-Term Sobriety, Relapse, Sober, Sobriety, Sponsee, Sponsor, Starting Over
I sponsor someone who got sober in her 70’s. She reached 5 years of sobriety and, like so many around that particular year, she drank. Prior to that drink, she met with me weekly and we had gone through all twelve Steps, and went back to each Step, as needed....
