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dra·ma
/ˈdrämə/
noun
1. a play for theater, radio, or television.
"a gritty urban drama about growing up in Harlem"
synonyms: play, show, piece, theatrical work, spectacle, dramatization; screenplay
"a television drama"
2. an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.
"a hostage drama"

de·pres·sion
/dəˈpreSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: depression; plural noun: depressions

1. feelings of severe despondency and dejection.
"self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression"

What is a sponsor?
AA.org defines a sponsor as “An alcoholic who has made some progress in the recovery program shares that experience on a continuous, individual basis with another alcoholic who is attempting to attain or maintain sobriety through AA.” In other words, a sponsor is someone who has been in the program long enough to build up some time in sobriety and can aid in helping someone stop drinking. They serve as a mentor of sorts, someone to whom people new to the program can ask questions or ask for advice. They also act as a person who leads newly sober meeting attendees through the 12 steps.

DRUG & ALCOHOL REHAB ARIZONA
The recent overdose deaths in so many locations throughout the United States has many worried parents, educators, community leaders and ordinary folks wondering how to handle this insidious disease running rampant.

WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL - THAT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE.

1. Every “natural” instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness (defects of the thinking mind.)
2. We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first step toward liberation and strength (making the admission we are unmanageable by us.)
3. Until we humble ourselves (accept the devastating weakness and all its consequences), our sobriety, if any, will be precarious.
4. The Principle: We shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat (that probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.)
5. We are victims of a mental obsession - thinking (drinking is only a symptom) so subtly powerful that no amount of human will power could break it.
6. By going back in our own drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it, we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression.
7. Few people will sincerely try to practice the AA program until they have hit their bottom through utter defeat.
8. In order to practice AA’s remaining eleven steps WE MUST ADOPT NEW ATTITUDES AND TAKE NEW ACTIONS.
9. We must become as open minded to conviction and as willing to listen as the dying can be.

Doing a fearless and thorough inventory of your life will not be easy. When we say fearless, we do not mean you will have no feelings of fear. You will likely experience many emotions as you survey your life, including embarrassment or shame or fear. Fearless means you will not let your fears stop you from being thorough in the inventory process. In step 4, it means you commit to rigorous honesty as you focus on events in your life, including your own weaknesses, and not on anyone else’s weaknesses.

a sponsor is defined as 'an alcoholic who has made some progress in the recovery program and shares that experience on a continuous, individual basis with another alcoholic who is attempting to attain or maintain sobriety through AA

The A.A. Home Group
Traditionally, most A.A. members through the years
have found it important to belong to one group which
they call their "Home Group." This is the group where
they accept service responsibilities and try to sustain
friendships. And although all A.A. members are
usually welcome at all groups and feel at home at any
of these meetings, the concept of the "Home Group"
has still remained the strongest bond between the A.A.
member and the Fellowship.

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God

We were now at Step Three. Many of us said to our Maker, as we understood Him:

"God, I offer myself to Thee-to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always!"

re·lapse
verb
rəˈlaps/Submit
1.
(of someone suffering from a disease) suffer deterioration after a period of improvement.
synonyms:get ill/worse again, have/suffer a relapse, deteriorate, degenerate, take a turn for the worse
"a few patients relapse"
suicide the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally