You are an absolute darling, love and honey For all the love and support you’ve given me Through the shitty struggles I had to face You’re always there, with your steady embrace
When I was face down, you lifted me up When I doubted myself, your belief in me would never stop You held my hand and guided me from one to twelve Especially in step four, where I had to deeply delve
First of all, he has an unerring ability to shift my perspective. He takes what I have told him and looks at the story and the thinking behind it (typically a combination of egotism, anxiety and self-pity) from a completely different angle. He shows me where I have embraced ideas that simply aren’t true. He takes what I thought were catastrophic failures and helps me see them in their true proportions. By being loving and patient, he is teaching me to be loving and patient with myself, which are not exactly my strong points.
Your love, wisdom and sometimes not-so-gentle ways, Helped me grow stronger, each and every day You taught me to be honest and face my fears One step at a time and dry my tears
Just as importantly, he’s also willing to challenge me. I complain that I don’t have a sponsee; he asks me if I’m offering to be a sponsor in meetings. I say I don’t know many other alcoholics; he asks me if I’m calling the ones I do know. Whenever I try and hide from the programme and avoid engaging with fellows – which is a lot – he calls me back. Isolating is one of my biggest defects of character, and I’m grateful that he doesn’t let me get away with it, no matter how hard I try.
Without you by my side, I would not have made it this far You’re a guiding light, a superstar You always give me hope and showed me who I truly am Thank you for truly living this program
You will always have a huge, special place in my heart Thank you for being my rock, my guide and my start.
Whether he’s being kind when I can’t be kind to myself, or calling me out when I’m dodging the need to take action, what comes through is the man’s passion for recovery. It’s working wonders in his life, as well as mine when I let it. He really wants it. And I want what he has. So I think I’ll keep him on as my sponsor.