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Sponsors and Sponsees Help Forum This forum is to discuss any topics, questions or comments you have on sponsorship from How To Pick A Sponsor to When To Step Back and more. |
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![]() Use your sponsor Be a sponsor Get a sponsor who makes meetings and uses their sponsor. Get a sponsor who is louder than you head Get a sponsor who is a good listener.
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AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving. |
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Hamilton, ON
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Sponsors are lighthouses, not foghorns. We look to them to see how they do it, not depend on them to tell us what not to do. We already know.
I cannot improve if I only have myself as a model. - Pocket Sponsor This reminded me of what my sponsor/spiritual advisor said to me, "You are not responsible for their recovery or their relapse." Sponsors have been a vital part of my recovery. I don't think it is possible to have true sobriety unless you have one. It is a we program, I needed that one on one sharing. When I found myself in difficult patches, my sponsor's words would come to mind. They are gifts from God. I have always said, "Look for someone who has been there done it. Someone who has something you want." They are a vital tool to recovery. Me alone with me is not good company. I need that other person to bounce things off of and to let me know when my perception is off. ![]()
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Seeing this thread this morning reminds me of the biggest thing I have looked for in a sponsor is one who has what I want. It has taken a lot of trial and error to realize that for myself. My current NA sponsor who i have had for close to 4 years now actually has less clean time than i do. When i asked her i was looking at the quality of her recovery not the quantity. I am grateful for her.
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Thanks for sharing Jan. Not sure if I posted this elsewhere or not. I had the thought to call my sponsor yesterday, but ended up doing my laundry instead. This is something I shared on another site.
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My sponsor left for the sunny south, so need to reach out to others and ask for help. She won't be back until next April.
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