My thought for today is sponsorship. I had a sponsor way back when. I never asked him to be my sponsor and he never volunteered to be my sponsor. He was the only guy in AA that was talking to me that I was listening to and he guided me through the twelve steps, so I call him my sponsor. He passed away about a dozen years into my sobriety and I got another sponsor because I felt that having a guide along this path we take is not an option, it is necessary. Over the years I have sponsored many men or women and today, I have half a dozen people whom I guide. We both walk the path, but one of us has a flashlight. As the big book reminds me, "having had the experience myself [of doing the twelve steps], I can give him [or her] much practical advice."So, when it comes to sponsors, get one and be one.
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