Some great advice I got from my sponsor was to “find my help and use my help.” Often times my help comes in the form of DA members. Over the last two years I’ve spent time at meetings and on the phone in between meetings with members of the fellowship, and they have become an important part of my recovery. I have built up a network of people around me, much like one uses scaffolding to build a new structure. I have been built anew by the steps and the help of the DA fellowship. Now, when life presents me with problems and struggles that previously felt unmanageable and too overwhelming to deal with, I have a support structure in place that I can lean upon. I have found my help and now I know how to use that help. All I have to do is pick up the phone and reach out to my DA fellowship. Through their help, the help of my Higher Power, and the steps, I will be guided to sanity and solutions.
Thanks’ Stacy! Great analogy!
Thanks, Stacy
We will be well prepared for any situation that has torpedoed our recovery in the past. Our recovery scaffolding, well in place, with time, work, prayer, and our fellowship, continues to keep us on track, one day at a time.
Stacy, I like your use of the “scaffolding” metaphor.