Topics? Umm... maybe one topic can be "how a sponsee helps a sponsor's growth in recovery?"
Lately, my recovery is sustaining and growing only thru the time I spend with my sponsees. When they share what's happening with them, and how they handled certain situations in a different way than before, I always draw strength and hope from it, and am able to apply what they share to my own recovery... has been rewarding on occasions...
My first sponsor used to tell me that sponsorship is a win-win for both sponsor and sponsee. Today I understand exactly what she was talking about. By giving, I'm actually taking. And whether my sponsees are able to take what I can give them or not, I end up taking from them in the process of trying to pass on what I have to them...
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
So my most appealing slogan that I accidentally coined thru my own experience nowadays has been...
"BY GIVING, I TAKE"
Last week, I went to a recovery meeting totally disoriented and was down and out. At the end of the meeting, I was frustrated that I was not able to take anything back from the meeting. And as soon as the meeting ended, a couple of newcomers came rushing to me, and started sharing their day with me, and then when I could relate with them and shared my own experience with them, I realized that I am back and feeling good again, and found that I have taken something at last unconsciously by giving... The therapeutic value of meetings and fellowship at work...
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
