Feeling sad for those who haven't "got it" yet and may never "get it"

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I wasn't sure which flair was most appropriate, forgive me

I was thinking about one woman in particular. I met her when I first came in the rooms of A.A. When I was struggling to just get a few weeks together, she had 9 months clean. She would share about how she personally believed in angels... she was always so kind to me. Anyways...

She has sporadically called me over the last year. She kept asking me how I "did it" even though I don't even have 2 years under my belt. I told her it was a power greater than myself. That seems like such an unfair answer... how come my higher power has gotten me this far, but not hers?

She cried to me about how no one was willing to sponsor her, that she's been in and out of the rooms for 20 years, and because she's never been able to get a chunk of time, no one has been willing to sponsor her... how true that is, I'm unsure. But I told her I would be willing to sponsor her, and she cried over the phone... thanked me so many times.... haven't heard from her since, and that was MONTHS ago...

I'm sure everyone in A.A. has met people like this, but it still makes me sad. I've met so many people, just a handful of times and then they disappear...

Thanks for letting me share

Posted Sep 8, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC

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