People seldom improve when they have no model but themselves to copy. —Oliver Goldsmith—
If we had to get well by ourselves, we’d be in trouble. We’ve already tried this route. We need to learn a new way to
live, not the old way we already know. That’s why we have sponsors in Twelve Step programs. Sponsors are one of
the best things about our recovery. We pick people who are happy and doing well in recovery. Then we copy them.
We copy them because sponsors are special people who have what we want. They have sobriety. They have
happiness. They have common sense. They have peace and serenity. And they will help us get those things too. We learn a new way to live from them.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me pick good models. Help me copy what works for them.
Action for the Day: If I don’t have a sponsor now, I’ll work today on getting one.