About 28 years ago, my sponsor repeatedly told me that I could not keep the sobriety I had unless I carried the message to other alcoholics. So, I started to sponsor other alcoholics. Not all of them got sober. But, everytime I sponsored an alcoholic, I stayed sober. I was told, and it's in our book, that having had the experience myself (of working the twelve steps), I can give these people much practical advice (of working the twelve steps). I can't tell them how to get their job back or how to get their spouse off their backs or how to successfully dodge their creditors. I just tell them how to avoid taking a drink and after they have been away from a drink for a period of time, those other life problems that they are having may work themselves out. So, only two things you need to know about a sponsor. Get one. and Be one.
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