Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   March 13                                           That one special person

    "A sponsor is not necessarily a friend, but may be someone in whom we
          confide. We can share things with our sponsor that we might
                  not be comfortable sharing in a meeting."

                                              IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised

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   We've asked someone to sponsor us, and the reasons we have for asking
   that particular person are as many as the grains of sand on a beach.
   Perhaps we heard them share at a speaker meeting and thought they were
   funny or inspiring.  Perhaps we thought they had a great car and we would
   get one by working the same program they work.   Or maybe we live in a
   small town and they were the only person who had the time available to
   help.

   Whatever our initial reasons for getting the sponsor we have, we're sure
   to find that our reasons for keeping them are quite different.   Suddenly
   they'll amaze us with some stunning insight, making us wonder whether
   they've been sneaking peeks at our Fourth Step.  Or maybe we're going
   through some sort of life crisis, and their experience with the same
   problem helps us in ways we never dreamed possible.  We call them in pain,
   and they come up with a special combination of caring words that provide
   genuine comfort.

   None of these remarkable feats on the part of our sponsor are mere
   coincidence.  They've simply walked the same path before us.  A  Higher
   Power has placed that one special person in our lives, and we are grateful
   for their presence.

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   Just for today:  I will appreciate that one special person in my life-my
   sponsor.