I first met Dick H. in October 2021 at the fall 12-Step retreat held in a Zoom video conference. He was a facilitator in the Steps 2 & 3 class. I remembered him to be longwinded. Much like the boring commencement speeches that spoke in generalities, he talked a lot but didn't make any specific points, not one that I could recollect. I'm sure it was about the importance of Steps 2 & 3 in recovery, but I checked out mentally after three minutes. When my then sponsor proved to be inexperienced in sponsoring and caused more harm than good, I asked Dick to be my sponsor in May 2022.