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jazzyblue


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Hi everyone,
As of today I have four months sober.  I am feeling really good about my recovery, my meetings, my relationship with my sponsor, my realtionship with my HP, and my AA family.  I feel like I have finally found a sponsor who I can really work with and will call me on my sh--!  She's not harsh or mean actually she is the exact opposite.  She gets on my case for not getting things done on time or for missing meeting etc... but when I am making progress she is full of praise.  She is so easy to talk to and we are always on the same page, she is always there for me and I never feel like I am interupting her day.  She has introduced me to so many strong women and helped me build my AA family.  She made me call people even when I didn't want to and made me give out my number so newbies can call me.

But now in two weeks I will be moving to New Mexico and I will have to leave her and all of my new friends behind.  It is sad, but she has given me the tools to know what to look for in a good sponsor and in a good AA family.  I know that when I leave she will still be there for me (thank goodness for email and cell phones) and so will all my other friends. 

In the past I had a few people from AA I associated with at meetings, now I know how to reach out and find a family.  I also have to give credit where credit is due....if it hadn't been for MIP when I first got sober after my last relapse I don't know if I would have stuck with it.  This message board was my real link to sobriety and I was on it almost 24/7 for my first two weeks sober!  I don't post a lot, I'm not much of a writer, but I login every few days you old timers really know your stuff.  Thank you all for all of your part in my sobriety! 

To anyone who is new to this board, don't login once and never come back.  Keep it in your favorites and just take a minute or two a day and it will help keep you sober.

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Sue, a million hugs and congratulations!!! 4 months is GREAT, and it really does start to get better, and soon, when we are on the right track!!! So happy for you, and I am right behind you, my friend!!

(((((hugs)))))

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Dave Harm


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Happy Birthday Sue,

Four months and sharing wonderful advice...

Dave

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Congrats Sue...lucky for you and us, you can take MIP with you.

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Thanks for sharing Sue and best wishes for a safe and successful move to NM.
Stay in touch ....

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Lexie


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Sue,

Congrats on your sober time, and I'm so happy for you that you have a sponsor that has given you such good footing.

Good luck with the move, and I'm sure you will find many new friends in your AA family in NM.

Stay in touch!

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Just Toni


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Hi There Sue,

So happy I read your bio, could relate to so much, mainly that in your years of recovery and then relapse you did what I did, in and out of the program for so many years, and it was step 1, Step 2, Step 3, and slowly I would slip right back to drinking.

And wanted to send you a heartfelt hug for the loss you went through....excuiating....

Today you sound like one of the most grounded and in the CENTER of the Program, so making a change in that first year for some would be cautionary, but it sounds like you have such a strong foundation, and also you have the gift from God, to just put your hand out there, and say "Hi, my name is ............"and I am new to the area.... So moving to New Mexico, curious me, is it now time for that job you were talking about when you were ready...

So happy you are here with us here on MIP and that move wont make any changes to you being here in our little family in MIP and our wonderful one day at a time Program.....

I Thank God you are finally here, for keeps, well one day at a time for keeps.....

Looking forward to you letting us know about your New Sponsor, and your new surroundings in New Mexico...
Hope you like the town or city, and I can see you like a whirling ball, throwing your self smack dab into to center of the AA Program.there....I can almost feel the love waiting for you there....yep claravoient me....

A Giant Hug and so happy you are feeling good and strong in the AA Program......the way that God intended us to be when we acknowledge HIM always.....with our giving back to the new person....

Sending my love to you and Praying that HE will watch HIS traveler...and as always keep you safe.

What a dear sweet person you seem to me, too bad we dont attend the same meetings here in San Diego, I would have to sqeeze hug you and I never hug anyone really....ok, cornball portion of this program is over  smile.
I prefer shaking hands but that is just me, and this town is not a bunch of huggers anyway...

Toodles, Tonicakes






-- Edited by Just Toni on Saturday 4th of September 2010 05:44:30 PM

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susanbiel


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A little late but congrats on 4 months

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