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Posted: April 15, 2016, 12:09 AM
I spent many years in 12-step recovery and never got past the first step and relapse a few times a year. My sponsor said it was because I did not want to end my teaching career, which is not a good job in early recovery, would not consider buying a home, bought a modest car, consumed sugar, blah blah blah. The fact that I have done none of these things shows that I have not taken the first step.
Lately meetings I attend have been emphasizing that you cannot help someone craving alcohol or drugs. So is the only solution to quick my job, or get a mortgage or both? I know that we are not supposed to fear economic uncertainty if we are in the program---but I do fear it. This just seems so crazy to me. | ||
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Posted: April 30, 2016, 2:39 PM
Your sponsor makes no sense. None of that has anything to do with the first step. The principle of the first step is honesty, not debt. Get a new sponsor.
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