Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Hitch your wagon to a star. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When we are new to recovery, there is a lot we don’t know. We learn it, a little bit at a time. One of the best ways to learn more about how to work a recovery program is to work with a sponsor. Even after we have been in recovery for a long time, sponsors are very important. Sponsors are our personal guides to living in recovery. We should choose someone who we admire, works a good program, and seems like he or she might understand us. We never have to be afraid to ask someone to be our sponsor. This person will feel good that we asked and will say yes or no depending on whether he or she can do it.
Some sponsors ask their “sponsees” or “pigeons”—that would be us—to call them every day to check in. Other sponsors might prefer to talk with us less often. They help us learn how the program applies to our daily life and relationships.
Prayer for the Day
Higher Power, I need your help for sure, but I also need a real live guiding star to talk with—a sponsor. Help me reach out to someone who would be a good sponsor for me.
Today’s Action
If I already have a sponsor, I will talk with this person today and thank him or her for working with me. If I don’t have a sponsor, I will make a decision to ask someone to sponsor me.
Hazelden Foundation
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