My grandsponsor is ailing and tonight I heard my sponsor was taking him to a meeting so I went out of my way to get there. He has not made it out to many meetings lately. He did not look good. He is a super fiesty loud italian guy and he was very frail and not the same. I have had the same grandsponsor my whole time in sobriety (only 3 and a half years but still) My first sponsor had him as a sponsor also. A very important person. 34 years sober also. I guess I will do some serious praying.
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hi Mark, sorry to hear he is ailing, it is sad to see someone who was big and blustery age too quickly or have health problems. i am praying for him and you. hugs. jj/sheila
Sending prayers today for you and this fine gentleman.
34 years how wonderful. Please can you explain to me what a grandsponsor is as over our part of the world I have not heard of this. He sure sounds like a grand AA member and yes highly respected.
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I pray that God may supply me with strength and show me the direction in which He wants me to grow. I pray that these things may come naturally from my cooperation with Him.
I pray that I may share in making the world a better place to live in. I pray that I may do what I can to bring goodness a little nearer to the earth.
"Common sense would thus become uncommon sense. I was to sit quietly when in doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me. Never was I to pray for myself, except as my requests bore on my usefulness to others. Then only might I expect to receive. But that would be in great measure."
There are a few with sponsors & grandsponsors around here, seemingly the trio work together, the original sponsor, her sponsee starts sponsoring, and that person becomes close to her sponsors sponsor.
Sorry to hear about this Mark : (
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