My thought for today is sponsorship. In AA, sponsorship is a voluntary, informal relationship where an experienced member who has made progress in the recovery program guides a newer member through the Twelve Steps. On page 96 of the big book it mentions a new member who contacts an older member and says he is ready to go through with the twelve steps of recovery. "Having had the experience yourself [of doing the steps], you can give him much practical advice." So, that's my job, as a sponsor. Going through the twelve steps can be a new and frightening experience, but in the end a rewarding and enlightening undertaking. One of the things I like about sponsorship is that it gives me the opportunity to re-visit the twelve steps, the twelve traditions, and the twelve concepts again and again and again. In Al-anon I learned two invaluable suggestions about a sponsor. Get one and be one.
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