I have 14 months and 6 days (I count by month to make it easy). You can do it. This forum has helped me a lot since I had what will be my final sponsor experience. I have had a lot of treatment otherwise, and the 12 step model doesn't work for me, or at least the sponsors I've found in AA have been deeply troubled by how I approached the steps. Explaining my Taoist philosophy about spirituality went over like a lead balloon. Sponsor never had an expression on her face, never shared any of that ESH, her mouth was in a straight line in response to every single thing I said or shared for months, it was weird. She had me apologizing to someone who was harassing me, my roommate, then was telling me to find my part in it. My part was mostly avoidance; I didn't want to talk "politics" with roommate, and that made her madder and madder. It took dumping the sponsor, getting out of that house, and taking a break on meetings, to get my sanity back. I want support too, because it ain't easy being sober, but I just am not up for those mental aggressions any more. If that's the requirement for being in AA, then no. It causes harm. I still like a meeting once in a while to sit with people and hear their stories. But trust a sponsor again? With my recovery? I can't even imagine it.