Six weeks!! Whooppieeeeeeeee!!!!!! That's a major accomplishment. And so are six days, Outcast_of_RGaol. I remember the end of my first week -- part of me thoughts this was going to be a snap, that I certainly I'd have the will power to get through this!

Then I'd seen a character in a film take a meaningful sip of scotch at an appropriate spot in the script ... and my life's script ached a little. It was comforting, consoling ...

The same temptations hit hard again at six weeks, three months, two years. That was partly because of a recovery calendar I think is in my genes, when for some reason my body chemistry may become especially vulnerable. It if happens to coincide (as it did for me) with a trauma or even minor difficulty IRL, I would sometimes need two or three meetings a day or spending the day(& night sometimes) with my sponsor.

You'll be just the sort of sponsor I need, emgreen. Mine dropped me a year ago when she decided I oughtn't be taking psych drugs--"same as alcohol," she said as she told me it would be better to find a new group, too, "if I wasn't going to be honest about my sobriety."

YOU are ones who help me on my path. You too glok. Also gma, many others here.

I still go to AA meetings, but I don't have a sponsor. I probably will eventually, but there's been too much other stuff going on.

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