December 23, 2025

 Two days until Christmas. I guess we can say Christmas is the day after tomorrow. The black book meeting is today. If you are not familiar with Freedom Foundation, then you probably do not know what that is. It is a transition house for men in the early stages of recovery from alcohol, drugs, or gambling. The black book meeting is the annual christmas gratitude meeting for residents, staff, and board members past and present. I lived there in 1998 so I'm a past resident, and I worked there for many years so I'm a past staff member also. My word today is sponsorship. Currently, I sponsor a few residents at the House and when I go to the black book meeting I'm bringing a sponcee with me. He has never lived there but he is as they say a friend of freedom foundation.

Later today I will probably meet with someone to whom I am a service sponsor. And then, this evening it is my home group and in that group I offer my services as temporary sponsor to newcomers who might need it.

So, sponsorship is definitely something that I do.